Show the th unit of hett heat we cannot of course measure heat by yards pints or pounds but the unit of he heat atthe the standard measure oi of that phenomenon no has been agreed upon by those whose busl business ness it isto Is to philosophize on that subject to be that quantity which can raise a pound of water one degree now to turn a pound of water into a pound of steam it requires of these units ot of heat that is in to say if we e boll boil a pound of water until it all goes away in steam we shall have uselin used in doing so a quantity city ot of heat which chich would have raised pounds of water ater one degree higher in temperature |