... the temperature. His first discovery was Q=I2Rt Q=Heat I= current R= rate t= time. This discovery linked many things together such as heat and electricity and other forms of energy. Many people ignored or were in disbelief of Joule's finding and gave it no attention. Months later he presented it before a scientific gathering, his presentation was acknowledged by a man named William Thomson, and he ... increase in temperature proved W=DT. As the weights fell they possessed energy. Each time the temperature of the water rose by an amount proportional to how far weights fell. His finding w...

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... the cellar of his father's home. In addition, motivated by theological beliefs, Joule began attempting to demonstrate the union of forces in nature. Experiences By the 1840's, scientists had soon realized that heat, electricity, magnetism, chemical change and the energy of motion were all "Inter-convertible." Joule was extremely involved with this work, and between 1837 and 1847, he established the principle of conservation of energy, and the ... equivalence of heat and other forms of energy. Throughout this work, he was able to establish experiences that began to unfold piece by piece ...

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