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James Joule:

A Biography
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Manchester University Press, 1990 - Physicists - 333 pages
  

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Contents

Backgrounds
13
First researches
29
The Lit Phil and the British Association
49
Consolidation and development
90
Technical considerations
108
Coincidences
122
The middle years
156
Years of change
185
Syntheses
215
Some friends
228
Last labours
251
In retrospect
269
Petition to the Prime Minister
282
Index of names
325
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TitleJames Joule: A Biography
AuthorDonald S.L. Cardwell
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherManchester University Press, 1990
ISBN0719034795, 9780719034794
Length333 pages
  
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