Encyclopaedia Britannica biography of the English physicist who established the mechanical equivalent of heat.
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PublisherEncyclopaedia Britannica
URLhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Prescott-Joule
Source Typeencyclopedia
Reliability Tier1
General encyclopedia with editorial review; standard tertiary reference. Sources
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- Scientists, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 4 holds.
- Experiments, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
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