calorimetern.
/kaləˈrɪmɪtə/ An instrument for measuring actual quantities of heat, or the specific heat of bodies.
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1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. viii. 253 Calorimeter, or apparatus for measuring the relative quantities of fire contained in bodies.
1815 W. Henry Elements Exper. Chem. (ed. 7) I. i. iii. 94 Lavoisier ascertained that equal weights of different combustible bodies melt, by burning, very different weights of ice. The apparatus which he employed..he has called the calorimeter.
1881 Hill in Metal World No. 22. 342 Two distinct forms of calorimeter have been used, one the continuous calorimeter..the other the intermittent calorimeter.
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