Pérez Canals, EnricPou Gallo, Marcos2015-10-202015-10-202015-01https://hdl.handle.net/2445/67342Treballs Finals de Grau de Física, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, Any: 2015, Tutor: Enric Pérez CanalsWe present the result of the historical analysis of Joule's paper "The mechanical equivalent of heat" (1849). We give a brief but close examination of his measurements of the mechanical value of a calorie, as well as their in uence in the birth of thermodynamics.5 p.application/pdfengcc-by-nc-nd (c) Pou Gallo, 2015http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/TermodinàmicaHistòria de la ciènciaTreballs de fi de grauThermodynamicsHistory of sciencesBachelor's thesesJoule, James Prescott, 1818-1889info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess