His best known experiment used ropes to transmit kinetic energy from masses to a sealed vat of water, and his key work is titled On the mechanical equivalent of heat.
In his most famous paper, this man rejected the caloric theory of Carnot (kahr-NOH) and Clapeyron (cla-pay-ron) on theological grounds. For ideal gases, an increase in volume that performs no work produces no temperature change by his namesake expansion. Lord Kelvin developed the absolute temperature scale in part to better test this man's ideas, and together the two scientists name an effect by which the temperature of gas changes as it is throttled.  His best known experiment used ropes to transmit kinetic energy from masses to a sealed vat of water, and his key work is titled On the mechanical equivalent of heat. The unit named after this person is based on a force of one Newton acting for one meter. Name this physicist who was the first to explicitly state the law of conservation of energy and consequently has the SI unit of work and energy named for him.
In his most famous paper, this man rejected the caloric theory of Carnot (kahr-NOH) and Clapeyron (cla-pay-ron) on theological grounds.
James Prescott Joule