"My object has been, first to discover correct principles and then to suggest their practical development."
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On Electro-magnetic forces (March 10, 1840), in Annals of Electricity, Vol. 4, p. 484.
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James Prescott Joule
James Prescott Joule (24 December 1818 – 11 October 1889) was an English physicist and brewer. Joule studied the nature of heat, and discovered its relationship to mechanical work.
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