JOULE

jool, joul, abbr. J, unit of work or energy in the mks system of units, which is based on the metric system; it is the work done or energy expended by a force of 1 newton acting through a distance of 1 meter. The joule is named for James P. Joule.

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books on: Joule  - 467 results

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Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment
Book by Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich, John P. Holdren; W. H. Freeman, 1977
Subjects: Human Ecology, Pollution, Population
...10 cm/sec perfect gas constant, R = 8.3143 joule g mole -1 deg K -1 Avogadros number...4 Plancks constant, h = 6.6255 O 10 -34 joule-sec Boltzmann constant, k = 1.3805 O 10 -23 joule/ K Dimensions of the Physical World...
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Great Physicists: The Life and Times of Leading Physicists from Galileo to Hawking
Book by William H. Cropper; Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects: Physicists--Biography
...5. A Holy Undertaking James Joule 59 6. Unities and a Unifier...of Technology Burndy Library; Chapter 5 (Joule), Physics Today Collection; Chapter 7...attacked in the 1840s by Robert Mayer, James Joule, Hermann Helmholtz, and others. Their...
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The Life of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs - Vol. 1
Book by Silvanus P. Thompson; Macmillan, 1910
Subjects: Kelvin, William Thomson--Baron--1824-1907
...James Prescott Joule, 253 ; Heat and Temperature...Clapeyron's Exposition, 259 ; Joule's Investigations, 260 ; The B.A. 1847 Meeting, 263 ; Joule's Version, 263 ; Thomson's Version...
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A Sociocognitive Approach to Social Norms
Book by Nicole Dubois; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Social Norms, Social Psychology
...explication , in J.-L. Beauvois, R.-V. Joule and J.-M. Monteil (eds) Perspectives cognitives...de formation , in J.-L. Beauvois, R.-V. Joule and J.-M. Monteil (eds) Perspectives cognitives...naturalization of social utility (Beauvois and Joule, 1981; Beauvois, 1984): this transforms...
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International Dictionary of Physics and Electronics
Book by Walter C. Michels; Van Nostrand, 1956
...lbf 102.0 gf Work Energy 1 Joule 10 7 erg 23.02 ft poundal 0.7153...mechanical units of energy, such as the erg, joule, or foot pound, may be used to measure...F 491.7 + 9 x /5 F Energy 1 joule =0.2390 cal 1 joule 10 7 erg...
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journal articles on: Joule  - 33 results

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Cognitive Rationalization and Act Rationalization in an Escalation of Commitment
Journal article by Jean-Léon Beauvois, Robert-Vincent Joule, Fabien Brunetti; Basic and Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 14, 1993
Subjects: Social Psychology--Periodicals
...France , Grenoble Robert-Vincent Joule Universite de Provence a Aix-en-Provence...rationalize it. We defined ( Beauvois Joule, ____________________ Requests...appear as a pleonasm, but it is not. Joule ( 1986a ) obtained results that led him...
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"Death Blots Black Out": Thermodynamics and the Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins
Journal article by Jude V. Nixon; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 40, 2002
Subjects: Hopkins, Gerard Manley--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Literature and science--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Science in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Thermodynamics--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...world." (28) The physicist James Prescott Joule advanced a similar view on living force...an additional seventeen million years. Joule proves equally reassuring. "We have reason...Mindful of the guarantees Helmholtz and Joule offered, based obviously on mythical assumptions...
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Multimedia Source Guide
Journal article; T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), Vol. 22, 1995
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Ideology, Ethics, and Quest: Some Reactions to Watson Et Al
Journal article by Jean-Pierre Deconchy; International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, Vol. 8, 1998
Subjects: Psychology, Religious--Periodicals
...either in the direction of Beauvois and Joule ( 1981 ) research or in that of Kiesler...Paris: Dunod. Beauvois, J. L., Joule, R. V. ( 1981 ). " Soumission et ideologies...Some remarks . In J. L. Beauvois, R. Joule, J. M. Monteil (Eds.), Perspectives...
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Power-Line Frequency Electromagnetic Fields Do Not Induce Changes in Phosphorylation, Localization, or Expression of the 27-Kilodalton Heat Shock Protein in Human Keratinocytes
Journal article by Biao Shi, Behnom Farboud, Richard Nuccitelli, R. Rivkah Isseroff; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 111, 2003
...other while generating the same amount of joule heating as in the experimental exposure...of 250 mG. This DC current generated a joule heating of 110 mW in each coil, and we...temperature increase near the coils due to this joule heating. The AC electromagnetic fields...
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magazine articles on: Joule  - 15 results

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Why Kids Need Real Science
Magazine article by Katha Pollitt; Free Inquiry, Vol. 20, Spring 2000
Subjects: Creationism--Evaluation, Evolution--Study and teaching, Religion and science--Evaluation, Science--Study and teaching
...science than I do. When I quiz her for her weekly physics test, Im the one who struggles over the answers (Not a newton, Mom, a Joule!). Sophie is lucky: shes in an academically accelerated New York City public middle school program where the science and math...
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Indian Country Concerns: Native Americans Want People to Know That They Have the Same Interests as Everyone Else-In Improving Health Care, Education and the Environment
Magazine article by Sia Davis; State Legislatures, Vol. 31, April 2005
Subjects: Legislators (U.S. state governments)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Legislators (U.S. state governments)--Demographic aspects, Native Americans--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Native Americans--Political activity
...the environment. Representative Reggie Joule would like to see the wellness of all Alaskas...Programs to help must be comprehensive, Joule says, covering health care, safe homes...have up to a nine-month waiting list. Joule says community wellness and education are...
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Why Study the History of Science, Medicine and Technology? Andrew Mendelsohn Outlines the Attractions of a Fast-Growing and Popular Field of Study
Magazine article by Andrew Mendelsohn; History Today, Vol. 53, February 2003
Subjects: Medicine--History, Science--History
...be able to think thoughts that hadnt been thought before? Or imagine building a replica of the paddle-wheel apparatus James Joule used to determine the mechanical equivalent of heat, and recreating his experiment in order to reveal the role of particular...
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Cooling Towers
Magazine article by Catherine Slessor; The Architectural Review, Vol. 207, January 2000
Subjects: Architectural firms--Research, Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning industry--Research
...multi-disciplinary research group exploring the application of PDEC in non-domestic buildings. Funded by European Commissions joule programme, the research aims to investigate how this historic, passive cooling technique could be applied to modern institutional...
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The Soft Path Holds Up: Efficient Technologies and Renewable Sources Will Bring a Cheaper, More Reliable Energy Future
Magazine article by Lenore Newman, David B. Brooks; Alternatives Journal, Vol. 30, Winter 2004
Subjects: Air conditioning--Usage, Energy efficiency--Usage, Heating--Usage, Renewable natural resources--Usage, Renewable resources--Usage
...nuclear power in Ontario. Our demand for energy has seemed insatiable. Yet what the public wants is not a barrel of oil or joule of electricity, but the services energy provides. We need light and heat, fuel to move ourselves and our goods around, electricity...
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newspaper articles on: Joule  - 32 results

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Old Pals
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), August 9, 2008
Old Pals. I AM trying to trace Edith and William Joule who, I believe, lived in Townsend Avenue, East Toxteth during...one of Ediths sisters, Mary I would dearly love to find the Joule family. Lyn Bates. Tel 01484 549051 or email lynn.bates@btinternet...
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Old Pals
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), August 18, 2007
Subjects: Boating, Boats and boating
Old Pals. I AM trying to trace Edith and William Joule (Im not sure of the spelling). William was a policeman around the Liverpool docks area and they lived on a local housing estate...
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Births
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 29, 2007
...Villa. Brother of Nathan, Haleigh and Taylor. Grandparents: Lorna and Alonzo Young, North Pole, Alaska; Lloyd Henderson and Joule OConnor, McMchen, W.Va. Great-grandmother: Carol Wallan, Red Bluff, Calif. - Mariska Renae Johnson, May 24 to Jennifer and Christopher...
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Style File
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), June 1, 2006
...to a pair of these stylish wellies? Even Paddington Bear would be envious of the bright and colourful designs created by Tom Joule, of Joules Clothing. Priced from pounds 25, wellies are available from House of Fraser or visit www.joulesclothing.com GIVE...
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Cityspy
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 22, 2006
...million (pounds sterling16.3 million) on its restoration. Built by John Brown on Clydebank in 1930 for English millionairess Lady Joule, she was chartered by Edward VIII to woo Wallis Simpson. A little later, she caught the fancy of King Carol of Romania and he...
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encyclopedia articles on: Joule  - 17 results

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Joule
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JOULE jool, joul, abbr. J, unit of work or energy in the mks system of units, which is based on the...it is the work done or energy expended by a force of 1 newton acting through a distance of 1 meter. The joule is named for James P. Joule. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University...
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Joule, James Prescott
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JOULE, JAMES PRESCOTT jool, joul, 1818 89, English physicist...in his youth when he invented an electromagnetic engine. Joule made valuable contributions to the fields of heat, electricity...and mechanical energy (the mechanical equivalent of heat). Joule discovered the first law of thermodynamics , which is a...
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Thermoelectricity
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...electricity into heat described by the English physicist James P. Joule and to three reversible effects named for Seebeck, Peltier...absorbed depending upon the material. (This heat is not the same as Joule heat, or I 2 R heat, which is always evolved.) If heat is...
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Watt
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WATT for James Watt , abbr. W, unit of power, or work done per unit time, equal to 1 joule per second. It is used as a measure of electrical and mechanical power. One watt is the amount of power that is delivered to a...
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Erg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...by a force of 1 dyne acting through a distance of 1 centimeter. In terms of the joule , the unit of work or energy in the mks system, 1 erg equals 0.0000001 joule. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the...
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