Prescott

J. C. Goan, T. W. Martin, and R. Prescott, 28th Annu. Tech. Conf, Keinf Plastj Composites Inst. (1973). 

Winton and Bailey determine vanillin, coumarin, and acetanilide (which is sometimes found as an adulterant of artificial vanillin, and therefore indicates its presence) in the following manner, which is a modification of the method devised by Hess and Prescott — ... 

Independent, and more accurate, quantification of the equivalence of work and heat came from an English physicist, James Prescott Joule, whose first publication in 1850 put the conversion rate at 838 foot-pounds and a later revision at 772 foot-pounds,... 

Sec also Carnot, Nicolas Leonard Sadi Clausins, Rudolf Julius Emmanuel Culture and Energy Usage Ethical and Moral Aspects of Energy Use Gibbs, Jonah Willard Industiy and Business, History of Energy Use and Joule, James Prescott Kinetic Energy, Historical Evolution of the Use of Mayer, Julius Robert von Refining, History of Thomson, William Watt, James. 

Joule, J. P. (1963). The Scientific Papers of Jimes Prescott Joule, 2 vols. London Dawson s. 

Rnsenfeld, L. (1973). Joule, Janies Prescott. In Dictionary of Scientific Biogniphy, ed. Charles Cnulstnn Gillispie, Vol. 7, pp. 180-182. New York Scribner. 

See also Carnot, Nicholas Leonard Sadi Clausius, Rudolf Julius Emmanuel Gibbs, Josiah Willard Heat Transfer Helmoltz, Herman von Joule, James Prescott Ostwald, Wilhelm Thermodynamics,... 

In the same period, James Prescott Joule, son of a Manchester brewery owner, had been carrying out a series of experiments to determine the relationship between work done and heat produced. In the wake of Michael Faraday s electrical researches, electromagnetic engines appeared as a possible future rival... 

See also Carnot, Nicolas Leonard Sadi Faraday, Michael Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph Helmholtz, Hermann von Joule, James Prescott Maxwell, James Clerk Rankme, William John Macquorn. 

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