Where was the man behind The joule effect born?
James Prescott Joule James Prescott Joule FRS HFRSE DCL LLD ( ; (24 December 1818 11 October 1889) was an English physicist, mathematician and brewer, born in Salford, Lancashire. Joule studied the nature of heat, and discovered its relationship to mechanical work (see energy). This led to the law of conservation of energy, which led to the development of the first law of thermodynamics.
Elise Harmon Elise Frances Harmon "(née" Harmon; 3 September 1909 in Mount Enterprise, Texas – 6 March 1985 in Santa Clara County, California) was an American physicist, chemist, and influential contributor to the miniaturization of computers.