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IF the desire is to pronounce the name as it was pronounced by the family and by the friends of Dr. Joule, there can be no doubt it is Joole, so as to rhyme with cool, tool or rule. Professors of the University of Manchester, in the eighties of last century, such as (Sir) Henry Roscoe, Balfour Stewart, (Sir) Arthur Schuster and Osborne Reynolds, all friends and some close friends of Dr. Joule, all pronounced his name in this way. Forty years ago, when as chairman of a committee for erecting a memorial to Dr. Joule in Sale Park, I met his son, Mr. B. A. Joule, he told me Joole was the right pronunciation, and that in old family deeds the name was written Youle, like the name of the village Youlgreave in Derbyshire in which the family lived. It would be interesting if the upholders of the pronunciation Jowl would cite their authorities.
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LEES, C. [Letter to Editors]. Nature 152, 602 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152602b0
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