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William Thomson and James Prescott Joule blue plaque

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This blue commemorative plaque records: James Prescott Joule and William Thomson, (later Lord Kelvin) discovered the Joule-Thomson Effect, on which mechanical refrigeration is based in this house in 1852 Recorded plaque organisation: Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, University of Salford.

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