The Scientific Papers of James Prescott Joule

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Cambridge University Press, 2011 M06 30 - 714 pages
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.
 

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DESCRIPTION or AN ELECTROMAGNETIC ENGINE
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INVESTIGATIONS IN MAGNETISM AND ELEGTROMAGNETISM 1014
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Dascnrrrron or AN Enncrnomemrrc Enema 1618
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ON ELECTROMAGNETIC Foncns 2739
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Note on Voltaic Batteries
38
ON A NEW CLASS on MAGNETIC Foncns 4653
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ON THE PRODUCTION or HEAT BY VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY 5960
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of temperature 66 Coriection for specific heat ib Determina tion
68
ON A REMARKABLE APPEARANCE or LIGHTNING 329330
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ON SOME Amsnexms
331
Note to the foregoing paper with a New Experimental Determination
342
True value of la 346 New tables and examples 348349
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with a magnetic needle 359 b a bar of bismuth ib c piece
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INTRODUCTORY REsEAncE oN THE INDUCTION or MAGNETISM
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ON THE FUs1oN OF METALs BY VoLTAIo ELECTRICITY 381384
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ON THE Urrr rzAT1oN or THE SEWAGE or LONDON AND ornnn LARGE
386

Formula for voltaic heat 72 Experiments on heat evolved
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On the Thermal Eflects of Longitudinal Compression on Solids
94
ON THE ELECTRICAL ORIGIN or Gunmen HEAT 102107
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ON SIR G O HAUenToNs EXPERIMENTS 108109
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1l3 Is not due to chemical change 114 Is due to resistance
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to the flow of the voltaic current threefold 119 Mecha nical
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On the Calorjic Effects of Magneto with Voltalc Electricity
140
ON THE INTERMITTENT CHARACTER or THE VOLTAIC CURRENT
159
vanometer l59 Experiments to show this phenomenon in the case
165
ON THE Cnauens or TEMPERATURE rnonucnn BY THE RAREFACTION
171
ON Srncrnrc HEAT 189192
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specific heats in general 196197 Method with liquids 198
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formed zb Equivalents obtained ib Quantity of vis viva
204
ON THE EFFECTS or MAGNETISM neon THE DIMENSIONS or IRON
235
ON MATTER Livnve Foncn AND HEAT 265276
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ON THE MECHANICAL EQUIVALENT or HEAT As DETERMINED FROM
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ON TEE TEEoEET1cAL VELoo1TY or SoUND 282283
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ON TEE MECHANICAL EQUIVALENT or HEAT AND 0N TEE CoNsT1TU
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ON THE MECHANICAL EQUIVALENT or HEAT 298328
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Norrcn or EXPERIMENTS oN THE HEAT DEVELOPED BY FmcT1oN
399
ON THE THERMOELECTB ICITY or Fnnnuemous METALS AND oN
405
Thermoelectmbity of Iron in ollferent States
420
ON THE THERMAL EFFECTS on CoMrREss1Ne Fmnns 474479
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ON A METHOD on TESTING THE STRENGTH on STEAMBon ERs 480
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ON s0ME AMALeAMs 490500
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ON THE SURFACECONDENSATION on STEAM 502531
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Norm on A MIRAGE AT DOUGLAS 532534
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ON A METHOD or HARDENING STEEL WIREs FOR MAGNETIC NEEnLEs
540
OesERvATIoNs ON THE AI TERAT1oN or THE FREEZINGPOINT IN THER
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NoTE ON TEE TANGENTGALVANOMIETER 567568
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ON A THERMOMETEB UNAFFEGTED BY RADIATION 573574
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0BsEEvAT1oNs WITH THE NEW DH?GIBGLE
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Aoo0UNT OF EXPERIMENTS ON MAGNETS BEGUN IN 1864 AT
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ON s0ME PHYSICAL PROPERTIES or BEEsWAX 605606
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EXAMPLES 0E THE PERFORMANCE OF TEE ELECTROMAGNETIC ENGINE
614
ON THE P0LARrzAT1oN or PLATINA PLATEs BY FRIcT1oNAI ELEC
620
ON A GLUEBATTERY
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