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Announcement at the British Association in Cork

When
August 1843
Where
Cork
Part of
Joule determines the mechanical equivalent of heat

Joule presented his experimental results on the mechanical equivalent of heat to the British Association in Cork in August 1843, receiving silence.

Joule announced his results at a meeting of the chemical section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Cork in August 1843. The audience met his presentation with silence, indicating the initial lack of immediate recognition for his work on the equivalence of work and heat.

Sources

  1. James Prescott Joule Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06

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