Question

Who and when was mechanical energy discovered? help me please!​

Answer 1

June 1849 - James Prescott Joule

Step-by-step explanation:

James Joule is the physicist who discovered the relationship between the loss of mechanical energy and the gain of heat. If an object contains mechanical energy, then it has the ability to do work.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Thomas Young (1773 − 1829) first introduced the word “energy” to the field of physics in 1800, but the word did not gain popularity. Thomas Young later established the wave nature of light through interference experiments.