| Joule, James | <person> British physicist, 1818-1889. See: joule, Joule's equivalent. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| joule | <unit> SI unit of energy. 1 Joule = 1E7 ergs = 1 Watt of power occurring for one second. 1 Joule is roughly 0.001 BTU and 1 calorie is roughly 4 joules. There are 3.6 million joules in a kilowatt hour. (14 Oct 1997) |
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| Joule's equivalent | The dynamic equivalent of heat; the amount of work converted to heat that will raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 1캟 is 778 foot-pounds; in metric units, 1 calorie, which raises 1 gram of water 1캜, equals 4.184 × 107 dyne-centimeters, which equals 4.184 joules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Anders, James Meschter | <person> U.S. Physician, 1854-1936. See: Anders' disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Anderson, James | <person> British urologist, *1899. See: Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baker, James Porter | <person> U.S. Physician, *1902. See: Charcot-Weiss-Baker syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Begbie, James | <person> Scottish physician, 1798-1869. See: Begbie's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Berry, Sir James | <person> Canadian surgeon, 1860-1946. See: Berry's ligaments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bowie, Donald James | <person> Canadian physician, *1887. See: Bowie's stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brown, James | <person> U.S. Plastic surgeon, 1899-1971. See: Blair-Brown graft, Brown-Adson forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brown, James H | <person> U.S. Microbiologist, *1884. See: Brown-Brenn stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Callison, James | <person> U.S. Physician, *1873. See: Callison's fluid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mackenzie, Sir James | <person> Scottish physician practicing in London, 1853-1925. See: Mackenzie's polygraph. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Paget, Sir James | <person> English surgeon, 1814-1899. See: Paget's cells, Paget's disease, extramammary Paget disease, Paget-von Schrotter syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Parkinson, James | <person> This English physician is chiefly remembered for his 66-page "Essay on the Shaking Palsy" (first edition is valued at |
| McCune, Donovan James | <person> U.S. Paediatrician, 1902-1976. See: McCune-Albright syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |