James Prescott Joule
1818 - 1889
- Born
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24 December 1818
New Bailey Street, Salford, Lancashire, England
- Died
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11 October 1889
12 Wardle Road, Sale, Cheshire, England
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 06/06/1850
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 32
- Occupation
- Physicist
- Relationships
- Parents: Benjamin Joule (1784–1858), a Salford brewer, and Alice (1788–1836), elder daughter of Thomas and Grace Prescott of Wigan. Spouse: Amelia Grimes (d. 1854), daughter of John Grimes, (18 August 1847). Children: Benjamin Arthur, Alice Amelia, and Henry.
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Author of
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Unpublished paper, 'On the production of heat by voltaic electricity' by James Prescott Joule
Creator: James Prescott Joule Reference number: AP/23/34 -
Unpublished paper, 'On the changes of temperature produced by rarefaction and condensation of air' by James Prescott Joule
Creator: James Prescott Joule Reference number: AP/27/5 -
Paper, 'On the thermal effects of fluids in motion' by William Thomson and J P [James Prescott] Joule
Creator: William Thomson, James Prescott Joule Reference number: AP/38/9 -
Letter, regarding corrections to a paper by Thomas Woods from James P [Prescott] Joule to George Gabriel Stokes
Creator: James Prescott Joule Reference number: AP/38/14 -
Paper, 'Thermal effects of fluids in motion' by J P [James Prescott] Joule and William Thomson
Creator: James Prescott Joule, William Thomson Reference number: AP/38/30 -
Paper, 'On the thermo-electricity of ferruginous metals, and on the thermal effects of stretching solid bodies' by J P [James Prescott] Joule
Creator: James Prescott Joule Reference number: AP/39/9
Referee of
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Referee's report by James Prescott Joule, on a paper 'On a general law of density in saturated vapours' by John James Waterston
Creator: James Prescott Joule Reference number: RR/2/258 -
Referee's report by James Prescott Joule, on a paper 'Further researches on the polarity of the diamagnetic force' by John Tyndall
Creator: James Prescott Joule Reference number: RR/3/265 -
Referee's report by James Prescott Joule, on a paper 'On the specific heat and other physical characters of mixtures of methylic alcohol and water, and on certain relations existing between the specific heat of a mixture or solution and the heat evolved or absorbed in their formation' by August Dupre
Creator: James Prescott Joule Reference number: RR/7/174 -
Referee's report by James Prescott Joule, on a paper 'On the radiation of heat from the moon, the law of its absorption by our atmosphere, and of its variation in amount with her phases' by Laurence Parsons, Earl of Rosse
Creator: James Prescott Joule Reference number: RR/7/264
Recipient of
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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James Prescott Joule, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/10/429 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James Prescott Joule, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/23/216
Most frequently corresponded with
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John Frederick William Herschel
4 letters