...relation to that of water ; these numbers are termed the specific heats of bodies. same. In France it is the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one kilogramme of water, or one gramme, from 0" to 1" C. The English unit of heat is the quantity of heat...

...The unit chosen for comparison, and called the thermal tmit, is not everywhere the same. In France it is the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one kilogramme of water through one degree Centigrade ; this is called a calorie. In this book we shall...

...kilogramme gives up when its temperature descends to 0° is equal to 178-017 calories,1 accord1 A calorie is the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one kilogramme of water from 0° to 1° Centigrade. The thermal unit employed in Britain is, the, quantity...

...The unit chosen for comparison, and called the thermal unit, is not everywhere the same. In France it is the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one kilogramme of water through one degree Centigrade ; this is called a calorie. In this book we shall...

...The unit chosen for comparison, and called the thermal unit, is not everywhere the same. In France it is the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one kilogramme of water through one degree Centigrade; this is called a calorie. In this book we shall...

...Atlantic. Having arrived at this relative value of the lleating power of the Gulf Stream, * A unit of heat is the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. he next endeavors to form some idea of its absolute value...

...expressed in units of weight of water heated one degree. The British Unit of Heat, or Thermal Unit, is the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one pound of water at 32° Fahr. one degree Fahr. — that is, from 32° to 33°. Dr. Joule found that...

...length or weight. This unit is more or less arbitrary, and for the purpose of definite measurement may be chosen in connection with any one of the effects...not a truism, but a truth established by experiment. the same as that contained in any other, and that the quantity of heat required to raise any one cubic...

...capacity in farads, electric energy is expressed in joules. On the other hand, a grammedegree, — that is, the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gramme of water at o° through one degree, — is equal to 4. 17 joules. This number is called the mechanical...

...capacity in farads, electric energy is expressed in joules. On the other hand, a grammedegree, — that is, the quantity of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gramme of water at o° through one degree, — is equal to 4. 1 7 joules. This number is called the mechanical...