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Spe-cific heat.

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a certain weight (as a pound or kilogramme, of a substance) a definite amount, as 1° Cent. or 1° Fah. Water is taken as the standard of comparison; the Centigrade degree and kilogramme being universally adopted on the Continent of Europe, while the avoirdupois pound and degree of Fahrenheit are in common use in England and the United States, though the Continental system is that generally employed by scientific men.

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