...— If, now, we impart to the unit of weight of any body one heat unit (that is, so much heat as will raise the temperature of one kilogram of water from 0° to 1° C.), we increase its total energy by 424 meter-kilograms ; that is, the increase of its inner and outer...

...unit chosen for tho comparison or calculation of the quantity of heat. That most commonly employed Is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree centigrade. In Franco the thermal unit in the rnlorie. ThCr'mal-ly, adv....

...latitude of Greenwich. If this is translated into metrical units, the statement runs thus : in order to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water from 0° to 1° C. an amount of work must be done which is measured by 423 99 kilogrammetres. This number, 772'5o foot-pounds...

...vessels called calorimeters, so that all the heat evolved or absorbed can be measured. The heat unit is the amount of heat necessary to' raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree centigrade. This is called a calorie and is represented by the letter c. In...

...standard unit of measurement is required. The heat unit generally adopted is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water from 0° to 1° C. This unit is called a calorie. Let it be required to find approximately the amount of heat that disappears...

...the potential energy of food stuff is expressed as heat units or calories ; the large calory, which is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one litre of water one degree centigrade, being the unit employed. Stating the value of food as so many...

...heat-units produced by the combustion of onegramme of the following substances. A heat-unit, or calorie, is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gramme of water 1° C. (see also p. 605 et seq.) : — Hydrogen . . . 3450 Fat .... 9069 Carbon .......

...capable of doing a definite amount of work. (See Art. 20.) The English unit referred to in Art. 353 is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit. This unit has no other name. The " Calorie," derived from the...

...standard unit of measurement is required. The heat unit generally adopted is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water from 0° to V C. This unit is called a calorie, or kilogram-centigrade. Let it be required to find approximately...

...English measure, or the gram-meter or kilogram-meter in the metric system. The heat unit, or calorie, is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water from zero to |° C. In English measures a thermal unit is the amount of heat necessary to raise i pound...