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Joule, James Prescott, (1818-1889), physicist

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Surname: Joule
Forenames: James Prescott
Gender: Male
Date: 1818-1889
Biography: ODNB link for Joule, James Prescott (1818-1889), physicist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P147393 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P15872 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for James Prescott Joule
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1839-1887: corresp and papers
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
NRA 9527
2
letters and papers
Royal Society
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
3
1814-1971: papers rel to the James Joule exhibition held at Salford City Art Gallery
Science and Industry Museum
NRA 29450 Joule
4
misc papers
Salford City Archives
NRA 9192 Salford Library
5
MS description of a current meter
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives
NRA 20573 IEE misc
6
corresp with Sir John Herschel
Royal Society
NRA 8803
7
letters to William Scoresby
Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society
See HMC file June 1995
8
1847-87: corresp with Lord Kelvin (244 items)
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
NRA 20700 Stokes
9
1853-73: corresp with Lord Kelvin (103 items)
Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department
NRA 10032
10
1844-48: letters (36) to Lord Playfair
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
11
1847-78: letters to Sir George Stokes
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
NRA 20700 Stokes