The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester - Joule and Energy

INTRODUCTION
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JOULE'S LIFE AND WORK
APPARATUS
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Welcome >> The experiment >> Virtual recreation

This image shows an artist's impression of Joule's apparatus

Try the experiment for yourself and see the results. Simply select the mass then the number of times that it is dropped and then see the resultant temperature gain in the calorimeter.

Step 1: Select the mass

  5 Lb's - click here to choose this mass

10 Lb's - click here to choose this mass

29 L'bs - click here to choose this mass

 

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