ABSTRACT
In 1827, Georg Ohm published his treatise: Die galvanische Kette, mathematisch bearbeite (The Galvanic Circuit Investigated Mathematically) where he described what is today known as Ohm’s law. Thereafter, in 1841, James Prescott Joule showed that electricity flowing through a conductor resulted in the generation of heat. Although both these investigators faced skepticism and initial lack of acceptance of their results, their work has contributed directly to the development of today’s embodiments of Ohmic, or joule effect heating.
