James Prescott Joule

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Manchester_Literary_and_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:British_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Royal_Society_Copley_Medal
gptkbp:born December 24, 1818
gptkbp:contribution development of the concept of energy
quantitative measurement of heat
establishment of the principle of conservation of energy
gptkbp:died October 11, 1889
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Manchester
gptkbp:famousFor Joule's_apparatus_for_measuring_heat
Joule's_experiments_on_the_nature_of_heat
Joule's_law_of_heating
gptkbp:field mechanics
thermodynamics
electromagnetism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Prescott Joule
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Max_Planck
gptkb:Ludwig_Boltzmann
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelvin
gptkbp:inventor gptkb:Joule's_electrical_heating_apparatus
gptkb:Joule's_paddle_wheel
gptkb:Joule's_calorimeter
gptkbp:knownFor first law of thermodynamics
Joule's_law
gptkbp:legacy Joule's_law_in_physics
Joule's_name_in_energy_units_(joule)
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableAlumni mechanical equivalent of heat
Joule's_equivalent
gptkbp:occupation scientist
brewer
gptkbp:researchField energy conservation
thermodynamic cycles
heat transfer