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++++ New Determination Of The Mechanical Equivalent Of Heat James
Prescott Joule Published for the Royal Society by Trubner and Co.,
1879 Heat, Mechanical equivalent of
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
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hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Sir James Prescott Joule (1818-1889) became one of the most
significant physicists of the nineteenth century, although his
original interest in science was as a hobby and for practical
business purposes. The son of a brewer, he began studying heat
while investigating how to increase the efficiency of electric
motors. His discovery of the relationship between heat and energy
contributed to the discovery of the conservation of energy and the
first law of thermodynamics. Volume 1 of Joule's scientific papers
was published in 1884. It is organised chronologically and reveals
the range of Joule's interests and the development of his thought.
The topics of the papers include the measurement of heat, voltaic
batteries, electromagnets, specific heat, meteorology and
thermodynamics. Joule's careful experiments in these areas were
fundamental to the development of significant areas of
twentieth-century physics, although he was slow to gain recognition
from his contemporaries.
Sir James Prescott Joule (1818-1889) became one of the most
significant physicists of the nineteenth century, although his
original interest in science was as a hobby and for practical
business purposes. The son of a brewer, he began studying heat
while investigating how to increase the efficiency of electric
motors. His discovery of the relationship between heat and energy
contributed to the discovery of the conservation of energy and the
first law of thermodynamics. Volume 2 of his collected papers,
published in 1887, contains those which he co-authored with other
noted physicists, such as Scoresby, Playfair and William Thomson,
later Lord Kelvin. Because he was based in Manchester, and was not
an academic, Joule's work was at first ignored by the scientific
establishment, but Thomson's approval helped him gain acceptance.
His joint work with Thomson on thermodynamics was fundamental to
the development of significant areas of twentieth-century physics.
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