...conformity to established custom, by defining these terms thus: DEFINITION OF THE CAPACITY OF A BODY. The capacity of a body for heat is the number of units of heat required to raise that body one degree of temperature. We may speak of the capacity for heat of a particular thing, such...

...pound of pure liquid water, at and near its temperature of greatest density (89"'1 Fahrenheit). THE CAPACITY OF A BODY FOR HEAT is the number of units of heat required to raise that body one degree in temperature. THE SPECIFIC HEAT OF A BODY is the ratio of the quantity of heat...

...Unit Mass. The thermal capacity per unit mass of a substance, commonly called the thermal capacity, is the number of units of heat required to raise unit of mass of the substance one degree in temperature. It is expressed in the form c H = M of substance by 0 difference....