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

INTRODUCTION
THE EXPERIMENT
JOULE'S LIFE AND WORK
APPARATUS
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
GLOSSARY

The Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester holds most of Joule's original apparatus. Other items are held elsewhere. Click on the Links buttons to search the other collections.

A selection of apparatus from the collection at the Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester. The collection can be viewed through the Collections Centre from Tuesday to Thursday, 10am to 4.30pm or at other times by appointment

Hunterian Kelvin collection
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Two items from the Kelvin collection, held by the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow

UMIST collection
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Two pages from Joule's notebook, held by the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) Department for the History of Science

Science Museum
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The Science Museum in London holds the original apparatus which Joule used for his first paddlewheel exeriment

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