After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.

: /dʒuːl/; 24 December 1818 – 11 October 1889) was an English physicist and brewer born in Salford Lancashire. Joule studied the nature of heat and discovered its relationship to mechanical work (see energy).