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OCR: 1818 On December 24 Joule ..e born in Salford, Lancashire, England. His father brewer He has little formal education 1835 After working in a laboratory attached to his father' brewery he goes to Manchester University, where he studies with the English chemist John Dalton (1766 1844. Joule abandons early research into the use electromagnet tism in engines, considering steam to be a more powerful form of energy 1840 Publis shes On the Production of Heat Voltaic Electricity. 1843 Produces formula for the amount of work required to produce unit of heat. This is based on the new idea that heat form Of energy. Joule builds on existing theories of the conservation of momentum and the conservation of mass opening the door to the idea ofa law of conservation ofenergy. 1848 Publishes a paper on the ...