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English physicist (1818–1889)
James Prescott Joule (/dʒuːl/; 24 December 1818 – 11 October 1889) was an English physicist. Joule studied the nature of heat and discovered its relationship
James_Prescott_Joule
SI unit of energy
the English physicist James Prescott Joule (1818–1889). According to the International Bureau of Weights and Measures the joule is defined as "the work
Joule
Thermodynamic phase transition energy
Joseph Black, M.D. Constable. pp. 45–46. Joule, J. P. (1884), The Scientific Paper of James Prescott Joule, The Physical Society of London, p. 274, I
Latent_heat
Physical effects characterized by James Prescott Joule
Joule effect and Joule's law are any of several different physical effects discovered or characterized by English physicist James Prescott Joule. These
Joule_effect
Irreversible thermodynamic process in which a volume of gas expands into a vacuum
of intermolecular forces. This type of expansion is named after James Prescott Joule who used this expansion, in 1845, in his study for the mechanical
Joule_expansion
British chemist and physicist (1766–1844)
Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1834. James Prescott Joule, who later studied and published (1843) on the nature of heat and
John_Dalton
Concept that motion and heat are interchangeable
the 19th century. Its independent and simultaneous discovery by James Prescott Joule and by Julius Robert von Mayer led to a priority dispute. Benjamin
Mechanical_equivalent_of_heat
Phenomenon of non-ideal fluids changing temperature
named after James Prescott Joule and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who discovered it in 1852. It followed upon earlier work by Joule on Joule expansion
Joule–Thomson_effect
British learned society, charity and company in Manchester, United Kingdom
Society). Prominent members have included Robert Owen, John Dalton, James Prescott Joule, Sir William Fairbairn, Tom Kilburn, Peter Mark Roget, Sir Ernest
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
Manchester_Literary_and_Philosophical_Society
Scottish physicist and meteorologist (1828–1887)
Following his studies of physics at Edinburgh, he became assistant to James David Forbes in 1856. Forbes was especially interested in questions of heat
Balfour_Stewart
Heat from a current in an electric conductor
(compared to conventional heat processing) due to higher resistance. James Prescott Joule first published in December 1840, an abstract in the Proceedings
Joule_heating
Meteorological optical phenomenon
coastal fog, or at distant cumulus clouds), are not understood. James Prescott Joule has been attributed with explaining the sunset green flash phenomenon
Green_flash
Sum of potential and kinetic energy
mechanical energy and an increase in temperature was discovered by James Prescott Joule. Many devices are used to convert mechanical energy to or from other
Mechanical_energy
Type of energy transfer
Humphry Davy, by Robert Mayer, and by James Prescott Joule. He stated the First Law of Thermodynamics, or Mayer–Joule Principle as follows: When heat is
Heat
Hungarian-British polymath (1891–1976)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Michael_Polanyi
Surname list
Joule is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Barry Joule (born 1954/55), Canadian writer James Prescott Joule (1818–1889), physicist and
Joule_(surname)
property of rubber was first observed by James Prescott Joule about a hundred years ago and is known as the Joule effect." Rubber as an Engineering Material
Gough–Joule_effect
Units used to measure energy
unit of energy is the same as the unit of work – the joule (J), named in honour of James Prescott Joule and his experiments on the mechanical equivalent of
Units_of_energy
Physical quantity
caloric, or merely a physical quantity, such as momentum. In 1845 James Prescott Joule discovered the link between mechanical work and the generation of
Energy
Australian-born British X-ray crystallographer (1890–1971)
25. Bragg was the director of the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, when James D. Watson and Francis Crick reported the discovery of the structure of DNA
Lawrence_Bragg
Anglo-Irish innovator (1842–1912)
727–845. 1879. doi:10.1098/rstl.1879.0078. ISSN 0261-0523. Memoir of James Prescott Joule. Cambridge University Press. 2011 [1892]. ISBN 978-1-108-02880-6
Osborne_Reynolds
Heat exchanged by a body or thermodynamic system
Press, Oxford, ISBN 0-19-851142-6, page 11. J. P. Joule (1884), The Scientific Paper of James Prescott Joule, The Physical Society of London, p. 274, I am
Sensible_heat
Anatomist and egyptologist
developed an interest in the anatomy of the human brain. He received a James King travelling scholarship and went to St John's College, Cambridge, graduating
Grafton_Elliot_Smith
Law of physics and chemistry
1843, James Prescott Joule independently discovered the mechanical equivalent in a series of experiments. In one of them, now called the "Joule apparatus"
Conservation_of_energy
SI unit of temperature
measurements of μ ( t ) {\displaystyle \mu (t)} . That same year, James Prescott Joule suggested to Thomson that the true formula for Carnot's function
Kelvin
Danish engineer and physicist (1815–1888)
conservation of energy contemporaneously with, and independently of, James Prescott Joule and Julius Robert von Mayer though his contribution was largely overlooked
Ludwig_A._Colding
Adoption of the metric system of measurements
of Science (BAAS), whose members included James Prescott Joule, William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin) and James Clerk Maxwell, began the work that led to
Metrication in the United Kingdom
Metrication_in_the_United_Kingdom
Theoretical engine
von Mayer (Württemberg), James Prescott Joule (England), Ludwig A. Colding (Denmark) and Hermann von Helmholtz (Prussia). Joule's experimental proof was
Carnot_heat_engine
British mathematician and physicist (1897–1958)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Douglas_Hartree
British engineer
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Eaton_Hodgkinson
English classical philologist and archaeologist
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
T._B._L._Webster
Relation between gas pressure and volume
this was rejected by the Royal Society of England. Later works of James Prescott Joule, Rudolf Clausius and in particular Ludwig Boltzmann firmly established
Boyle's_law
English mathematician (1849–1934)
Smith's prizeman and elected fellow in 1872. Among his professors were James Clerk Maxwell and George Gabriel Stokes. He was soon elected both a Fellow
Horace_Lamb
British chemist who formulated the law on the solubility of gases into liquids
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
William_Henry_(chemist)
British chemist (1833–1915)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Henry_Roscoe_(chemist)
Scottish civil engineer and shipbuilder (1789–1874)
and Thomas Hewes. In 1817, he launched his mill-machinery business with James Lillie as Fairbairn and Lillie Engine Makers. Fairbairn was a lifelong learner
William_Fairbairn
Academic award
The James Joule Medal and Prize is awarded by the Institute of Physics. It was established in 2008, and was named in honour of James Prescott Joule, British
James_Joule_Medal_and_Prize
Historical development of physics
Julius Robert von Mayer and James Prescott Joule, who measured the mechanical equivalent of heat in the 1840s. In 1849, Joule published results from his
History_of_physics
British educationalist and politician (1909–1992)
Eric John Francis James, Baron James of Rusholme (13 April 1909 – 16 May 1992) was a prominent British educator. Eric John Francis James was born at Derby
Eric James, Baron James of Rusholme
Eric_James,_Baron_James_of_Rusholme
Phenomena related to electric charge
Current through a resistance causes localised heating, an effect James Prescott Joule studied mathematically in 1840. One of the most important discoveries
Electricity
British engineer, businessman and activist (1769–1848)
James Watt, Jr., FRS (5 February 1769 – 2 June 1848) was a British engineer, businessman and activist. He was born on 5 February 1769, the son of James
James_Watt,_Jr
Flow of electric charge
thermodynamic work into heat. The phenomenon was first studied by James Prescott Joule in 1841. Joule immersed a length of wire in a fixed mass of water and measured
Electric_current
material. The first person to identify a magnetomechanical effect was James Prescott Joule in 1842. Magnetomechanical effects connect magnetic, mechanical and
Magnetomechanical_effect
Anglo-German physicist (1851–1934)
sunspots Schuster's Royal Society citation[link removed] signed by Maxwell, Joule, and others Obituary Notices : Fellows:- Schuster, Sir Arthur, Monthly Notices
Arthur_Schuster
English naturalist and palaeobotanist (1816–1895)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
William_Crawford_Williamson
British astrophysicist and mathematician
Andrew's Church, Oxford. William Whetten was the nephew of American architect James Renwick Jr., and designed Saints Peter and Paul, a Roman Catholic cathedral
Edward_Arthur_Milne
Proposed explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem
constant of motion. Hypothesized by Sadi Carnot, truth demonstrated by James Prescott Joule, proven by Emmy Noether. Blank, Steve (May 2013). "Harvard Business
Hypothesis
British chemist (1817–84)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Robert_Angus_Smith
Lowest theoretical temperature
volume of a gas cooled at about −273 °C would reach zero. After James Prescott Joule had determined the mechanical equivalent of heat, Lord Kelvin approached
Absolute_zero
British physicist
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Henry_Lipson
British chemist (1852–1930)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Harold_Baily_Dixon
Process of energy transfer to an object via force application through displacement
Coriolis was adopted. The SI unit of work is the joule (J), named after English physicist James Prescott Joule (1818–1889). According to the International
Work_(physics)
Category of disciplines and sub-disciplines in Physics
demonstrated the conversion of mechanical work into heat, and in 1847 James Prescott Joule stated the law of conservation of energy, in the form of heat as
Experimental_physics
English painter and writer (1850–1934)
father-in-law Professor Huxley (1891), William Kingdom Clifford, James Prescott Joule and Sir Michael Foster (1907). Clark reports a total of thirty-two
John_Collier_(painter)
Canadian entomologist
entomologist of Canada in May 1909, the second to hold that post, succeeding James Fletcher. He travelled to Canada in September of the same year to take up
Charles_Gordon_Hewitt
(to star 61 Cygni). 1842: Christian Doppler: Doppler effect. 1843: James Prescott Joule: Law of Conservation of energy (first law of thermodynamics), also
Timeline of scientific discoveries
Timeline_of_scientific_discoveries
Siemens (unit) "Biography:James Prescott Joule". Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2011. What is a Joule ? Henri Becquerel Tesla's
List of scientists whose names are used as units
List_of_scientists_whose_names_are_used_as_units
were the very best in their fields, people like Charles Darwin and James Prescott Joule. But the Society reformed itself in the 1830s and 1840s. By 1847
Mathematics, science, technology and engineering of the Victorian era
Mathematics,_science,_technology_and_engineering_of_the_Victorian_era
British chemist (1820–1903)
and Philosophical Society 1866–68 Succeeded by James Prescott Joule Preceded by James Prescott Joule President of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical
Edward_Schunck
Welsh surgeon and apothecary (1734–1816)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Thomas_Henry_(apothecary)
Opposition to the passage of an electric current
heating the resistor in the process. This is called Joule heating (after James Prescott Joule), also called ohmic heating or resistive heating. The
Electrical resistance and conductance
Electrical_resistance_and_conductance
British neurologist (1886–1961)
Durham, the son of surgeon Arthur John Jefferson (1857–1915), and Cecilia James. He was educated in Manchester, England, obtaining his medical degree in
Geoffrey_Jefferson
British physicist (1903–99)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Bertha_Swirles
British electrical engineer
p151, Watchmaker Publishing, 2005 ISBN 1-929148-45-3. Donald Cardwell, James Joule: A Biography, Manchester University Press ND, 1989 ISBN 0-7190-3479-5
Henry_Wilde_(engineer)
British researcher (1891–1964)
Reginald William James FRS (9 January 1891 – 7 July 1964) was a British researcher and teacher of physics in England and South Africa. He is best known
Reginald_W._James
British writer and physician
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
John_Ferriar
Overview of the history of atmospheric sciences
clouds. 1843 – John James Waterston fully expounds the kinetic theory of gases, but is ridiculed and ignored. – James Prescott Joule experimentally finds
Timeline_of_meteorology
Town in Greater Manchester, England
Retrieved 1 April 2026. Wyke (2004), pp. 393–394. Hulme, Charles. "James Prescott Joule: Worthington Park, Sale". Retrieved 15 February 2010. Nevell (1997)
Sale,_Greater_Manchester
English Jesuit astronomer
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Aloysius_Cortie
British philanthropist (1830–1901)
Diocese of Manchester. In that capacity, he advised Bishop of Manchester James Fraser on the matters that led to the imprisonment of the Rev. Sidney Faithorn
Richard_Copley_Christie
British economist and statistician (1867–1942)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Alfred_William_Flux
Adages and sayings named after a person
leads to more consumption. Joule's laws are heat laws related to electricity and to gases, named for James Prescott Joule. Joy's law in management: the
List of laws named after people
List_of_laws_named_after_people
English physician and ethicist (1740–1804)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Thomas_Percival
List of scientists who are Christians
and his faith has been described as "both orthodox and intense". James Prescott Joule (1818–1889): studied the nature of heat, and discovered its relationship
List of Christians in science and technology
List_of_Christians_in_science_and_technology
Julius Robert von Mayer and James Prescott Joule, who measured the mechanical equivalent of heat in the 1840s. In 1849, Joule published results from his
19th_century_in_science
Law of thermodynamics establishing the conservation of energy
the time of the 1842–1845 work of James Prescott Joule, measuring the mechanical equivalent of heat. In 1845, Joule published a paper entitled The Mechanical
First_law_of_thermodynamics
Calendar year
von Henselt, German pianist and composer (b. 1814) October 11 – James Prescott Joule, English physicist (b. 1818) October 17 Rodrigo Augusto da Silva
1889
British physicist, engineer and mathematician (1824–1907)
Advancement of Science annual meeting in Oxford. At that meeting, he heard James Prescott Joule making yet another of his, so far, ineffective attempts to discredit
Lord_Kelvin
Anglo-German botanist (1865–1953)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Frederick_Ernest_Weiss
British mineralogist and academic (1858–1942)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Henry_Alexander_Miers
American psychologist (1886–1972)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Tom_Hatherley_Pear
British scientist
of several scientists including Arthur Robert Hinks, Alfred Cort Haddon, James George Frazer and Emmanuel de Margerie From 1927 through 1956 he was the
H._J._Fleure
Welsh geologist, paleontologist and archaeologist (1838–1929)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
William_Boyd_Dawkins
Obsolete scientific theory of heat flow
understanding of caloric theory. Rumford's experiment inspired the work of James Prescott Joule and others towards the middle of the 19th century. In 1850, Rudolf
Caloric_theory
Irish physicist
James Thomson Bottomley FRS FRSE (10 January 1845 – 18 May 1926) was an Irish-born British physicist. He is noted for his work on thermal radiation and
James_Thomson_Bottomley
British zoologist (1859–1940)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Sydney_J._Hickson
History of science and technology in UK city
studied in Manchester include John Dalton, James Prescott Joule, J. J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, James Chadwick and Alan Turing. A creative and often
Science and technology in Manchester
Science_and_technology_in_Manchester
(BAAS) including William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin), James Clerk Maxwell, and James Prescott Joule among its members was tasked with investigating the
History_of_the_metric_system
British zoologist (1869–1926)
Fairbairn, Bt James Prescott Joule (I) Edward William Binney (I) Dr Robert Angus Smith Dr Henry Edward Schunck (I) James Prescott Joule (II) Edward William
Frederick_William_Gamble
British naturalist (1845–1929)
James Cosmo Melvill FLS FZS (1 July 1845 – 4 November 1929) was a British botanist and malacologist who collected plants in Europe and North America.
James Cosmo Melvill (naturalist)
James_Cosmo_Melvill_(naturalist)
closed ring of soft iron, with two windings of wire. Joule's experiment (1834):James Prescott Joule demonstrates the mechanical equivalent of heat, an important
List_of_experiments
British geologist
Binney was part of a close Manchester social circle that included James Prescott Joule, William Sturgeon, John Davies and John Leigh. He was elected a fellow
Edward_William_Binney
David Josephson Joule cycle (a.k.a. Brayton cycle) – James Prescott Joule Joule’s law (a.k.a. Joule–Lenz law) – James Prescott Joule and Heinrich Friedrich
Scientific phenomena named after people
Scientific_phenomena_named_after_people
Russian physicist (1804–1865)
discovered Joule's law in 1842; to honor his efforts on the problem, it is also given the name the "Joule–Lenz law," named also for James Prescott Joule. Lenz
Emil_Lenz
1798 scientific paper by Benjamin Thompson
tendentious. However, the experiment inspired the work of James Prescott Joule in the 1840s. Joule's more exact measurements were pivotal in establishing the
An Inquiry Concerning the Source of the Heat Which Is Excited by Friction
An_Inquiry_Concerning_the_Source_of_the_Heat_Which_Is_Excited_by_Friction
Series of three books by E. T. Whittaker on the history of electromagnetic theory
contributions made by Franz Neumann, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Bernhard Riemann, James Prescott Joule, Hermann von Helmholtz, Lord Kelvin, Gustav Kirchhoff, and Jean Peltier
A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity
A_History_of_the_Theories_of_Aether_and_Electricity
English ornithologist, amateur astronomer, journalist and writer
Cheshire and Liverpool Bay, 1910, written jointly with Charles Oldham and James Johnstone. Cheshire. Cambridge County Geographies. The Migration of Birds
Thomas_Coward
Crater on the Moon
Joule is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the north-northeast of a walled plain called Mach. To the northwest
Joule_(crater)
Henry hertz (Hz), frequency – Heinrich Rudolf Hertz joule (J), energy, work, heat – James Prescott Joule kelvin (K), thermodynamic temperature – Lord Kelvin
List of scientific units named after people
List_of_scientific_units_named_after_people
British lawyer and antiquary (1826–1908)
(2): 53–74. doi:10.7227/bjrl.100.2.4. Jones, HS (2025). Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect. Oxford and Princeton: Princeton University
Robert_Dukinfield_Darbishire
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