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From:
James Prescott Joule
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 April 1843]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 3/7.13; Reel 7
Summary:

Refers JH to page 18 of memoir of Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, in which JJ, using 'the magnetic electrical machine,' succeeded in proving 'that heat may be generated by mechanical power without accompanying chemical change.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
James Prescott Joule
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
28 May 1845
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
James Prescott Joule
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 October 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.428
Summary:

Has been carrying out a series of experiments with spiders immersed in acids and finds their bodies are not protected in any way. Has also been experimenting with elastic tissues to see if there is a change of temperature.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
James Prescott Joule
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
5 June 1849
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.36
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
James Prescott Joule
To:
Royal Society
Date:
2 November 1849
Source of text:
MM/14/65, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
James Prescott Joule
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
May 2/57
Source of text:
MS JT/1/J/137; MS JT/1/TYP/2/661, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
From:
James Prescott Joule
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 October 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.430
Summary:

Much obliged for his letters regarding the amalgam of iron. Cannot account for his ignorance of JH's Bakerian lecture.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project