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MAY I hope that the “jool” pronunciation of Joule's name will be adopted, if only in order to preserve the mnemonic: “Old Dr. Joule he made this rule: The self-same energee Which lifts a gram of matter to 4 2 6 4 0 c. [centimetres] Will heat a gram of water through One centigrade degree.”
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HALDANE, J. [Letter to Editors]. Nature 152, 479 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152479e0
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