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James Prescott Joule was an English physicist who discovered the relationship between mechanical work and heat, which led to the law of conservation of energy and the first law of thermodynamics. Through experiments measuring temperature changes from electrical currents, mechanical forces like paddles in water, and gas compression, Joule estimated the mechanical equivalent of heat, showing that work can be converted into heat. His work faced resistance from supporters of the caloric theory of heat but was l

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Andruşa Ioana

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