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OCR: JAMES PRESCOTT JOULE (1818 89. HE ENGLISH physicist James Prescott Joule famous for his experiments with heat He discovered that the yarious forms energy mechanical electrical and heat are basically the same and that one form can be changed into another. Joule's research was so significant that his name was given to unit ofwork or energy, the joule (J). Joule P!P not have any formal academic training or at academic post However he worked with some of the leading scient tists of the time, including the English chemist John Dalton (1766 1844) and the Scottish physicist Lord Kelvin (1824 1907 ALSO STORY various scientists OLSO