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James Prescott Joule (1818–1889)
James Prescott Joule (1818–1889)
James Prescott Joule (1818–1889)
James Prescott Joule (1818–1889)
James Prescott Joule (1818–1889)
James Prescott Joule (1818–1889)
James Prescott Joule (1818–1889)
James Prescott Joule (1818–1889)

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A portrait bust (waist upwards) of a bearded James Prescott Joule holding a paper depicting a drawing of the tangent galvanometer (a device used by Joule to measure electric current) on top of a stone plinth. Joule lived in Sale in the nineteenth century. The physicist, who has the unit of energy named after him, worked out a law concerning heat and resistance and established the important principle that heat and mechanical work are both forms of energy. He attended St Paul’s Church and was buried in Brooklands Cemetery following his death in 1889.
Title

James Prescott Joule (1818–1889)

Date

1905 or before

Medium

bronze & stone

Accession number

M33_MH_S011

Acquisition method

purchased by a subscription fund launched by Dr Lees, Physics Department of Victoria University of Manchester

Work type

Bust

Owner

Trafford Council

Custodian

Trafford Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

28th October 1905

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

Park opening hours

Signature/marks description

signature on back of bust: John Cassidy

Inscription description

Joule / 1818:1889

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Located at

Worthington Park, Sale

M33 2DQ

Set at the end of a short path off the main pathway.