James Prescott Joule blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: James Prescott Joule scientist 1818-1889 lived and worked here. A noted physicist who established the principle of the mechanical equivalent of heat. His name has been given to the unit of energy, the Joule. Recorded plaque organisation: Salford Rotary Club.

James Prescott Joule was a 19th-century physicist who established the principle of the mechanical equivalent of heat, foundational to the field of thermodynamics; the unit of energy, joule, is named in his honor.