James Prescott Joule to Faraday   5 June 1849

New Bailey St, Salford, Manchester | June 5th 1849

My dear Sir,

I beg to enclose a paper on the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat which I should feel obliged by your communicating to the Royal Society1[.] I hope it is in time to be read this session as I understand there are yet two meetings to be held2. If there be anything which requires addition or alteration I should be glad to supply it, particularly with regard to the sketch of the history of the mechanical Doctrine3. I can only say that I have endeavoured to make the paper as perfect as possible, and that it is the result of nearly a year’s labour. Trusting it will interest you and that it will be treated with favour by the Society

I remain | Dear Sir | Ever Yours Respectfully & truly | James P. Joule

Prof Faraday DCL, FRS. | &c &c &c

1
Which Faraday did (see letter 2193). The paper was published as Joule (1850).
2
The paper was read on 21 June 1849.
3
Joule (1850), 61-4 gave this historical account.

Bibliography

JOULE, James Prescott (1850): “On the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat”, Phil. Trans., 140: 61-82.

Please cite as “Faraday2192,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2192