Joule, James Prescott, (1818-1889), physicist

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Surname:	Joule
Forenames:	James Prescott
Gender:	Male
Date:	1818-1889
Biography:	ODNB link for Joule, James Prescott (1818-1889), physicist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P147393 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P15872 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for James Prescott Joule

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1839-1887: corresp and papers	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	JPJ	NRA 9527
2	letters and papers	Royal Society		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
3	1814-1971: papers rel to the James Joule exhibition held at Salford City Art Gallery	Science and Industry Museum	YMS0222	NRA 29450 Joule
4	misc papers	Salford City Archives	U12/C1	NRA 9192 Salford Library
5	MS description of a current meter	Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives	SC Mss 70	NRA 20573 IEE misc
6	corresp with Sir John Herschel	Royal Society	HS	NRA 8803
7	letters to William Scoresby	Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society		See HMC file June 1995
8	1847-87: corresp with Lord Kelvin (244 items)	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
9	1853-73: corresp with Lord Kelvin (103 items)	Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department	MS Kelvin	NRA 10032
10	1844-48: letters (36) to Lord Playfair	Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
11	1847-78: letters to Sir George Stokes	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes