..."0 1075 '4 1484 2019 2694 8568 220°. 17365 270°. 41101 (d.) Specific heat. — The atnonnt of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1° is termed a calory. But the specific heat of water, like that of other substances, is not a constant...

...heating and evaporating power can be deduced. The French unit of heat is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1° C., or more correctly from o° to 2000C.C eo'f Fig- 31° C. The calories as here expressed are the number...

...having determined that the amount of power exerted in raising 772 Ibs. one foot, is the equivalent of the amount of heat that is required to raise the temperature of 1 Ib. of water, when at or near its freezing point (that is at a temperature of 39.1°) one degree. This...

...have equal capacity for heat. The number of heat units or calories (one calory is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1° C.) which is necessary to raise the atomic weight expressed in grams of any solid or liquid element through...

..."Chem. Comp. of Am. Food Materials," Bui. 28, US Dept. Agric., Office of Brp. Stations. A calorie1 is the amount of heat that is required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water from 0° to 1° C., or approximately the amount of heat that would be required...

...gram) of it through 1° C. The unit of heat is called a calorie, and is taken to be the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1° C., either from 0° to 1° or from 15° to 16°. ' If the volume of gas is kept constant when the temperature...

...heat of the substance. And, since the unit of heat — the gram calorie — is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 degree centigrade, it follows that the quantity of heat, measured in gram calories, required to raise...

...heat of the substance. And, since the unit of heat — the gram calorie — is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 degree centigrade, it follows that the quantity of heat, measured in gram calories, required to raise...

...measured. 208. Unit of heat — the calorie. A unit of heat is defined as the amount of heat which is required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1° centigrade. This unit is called the calorie. Thus, for example, when a hundred grams of water has its...

...required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1°C, and the British thermal unit (i?. TU~) is the amount of heat that is required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water through 1° F. (One BTU = 252 cal.) Thus, when a hundred grams of water has its temperature...