Table showing the number of units of heat required to raise the temperature of one found of a substance one degree Fahrenheit.

Air...................

0.23740

Alcohol (liquid)........

0.61500

" (vapor).................

0.45340

Ammonia .........................

0.21430

Ammonia (vapor)......

0.50830

Anthracite coal.................

0.20100

Antimony.........................

0.05077

Aragonite.........................

0.20850

Arsenic.............................

0.08140

Benzine...........................

0.45000

Bismuth (solid)........

0.03084

(liquid).......

0.03630

Bituminous coal...............

0.20085

Boron...............................

0.25000

Brass................................

0.09391

Bromine (liquid)......

0.10700

" (gas).........

0.05550

Cadmium.............

0.05669

Carbonic acid.........

0.21630

" oxide................

0.24500

Chalk

0.21485

Charcoal..............

0.24150

Chloride of barium...........

0.89570

" " calcium. ...

0.16420

"lead........

0.06641

" " magnesium

0.19460

" " manganese.

0.14250

Chloride of strontium..

0.11990

" Zinc..............

013618

Chlorine (gas)........

0.12100

Chromium........................

0.12000

Cobalt...............

0.10730

Copper.............................

.. 0.09515

Corrosive sublimate...

. 0.06889

Corundum......................

. 0.19762

Diamond............

.. 0.14687

Ether (liquid)........

. 0.50342

" (vapor)........

.. 0.48100

Fusel Oil........................

0.56400

Galena.............................

. 0.05086

Glass..............................

.. 0.19768

Glucinum.........................

. 0.23080

Gold.................

. 0.03244

Graphite..........................

. 0.20083

Hydrochloric acid. ...

. 0.18450

Hydrogen....................

. 3.40900

Ice................................

. 0.47400

Iceland spar.....................

. 0.20858

Indium..............

.. 0.05700

Iodide of mercury............

. 0.04197

" " potassium..........

. 0.08191

" silver................

.. 0.06159

Iodine (solid)..................

. 0.05412

(liquid)........

. 0.10822

Iridium...........................

0.03259

Iron..................................

. 0.11380

Iron pyrites...........

. 0.13001

Lead (solid)..........

.. 0.03065

" (liquid).........

. 0.04020

Lithium.............

. 0.94080

Magnesium.........

.. 0.24990

Mamgamese....................

. 0.12170

Marble.............

. 0.20989

Mercury (liquid)..............

. 0.03332

Mercury(solid)

0.03192

Molybdenum..........

0.07218

Nickel.................................

0.11080

Niobium............................

0.06820

Nitrate of sodium..............

0.27821

" " silver.......

0.14352

Nitre...................................

0.23875

Nitric oxide...........

0.23150

Nitrogen..............

0.24380

Nitrous oxide......................

0.22380

Oil of turpentine (liq'd)

0.46727

" " " (vapor).

0.50010

Olefiant gas...........

0.40400

Olive oil...............

0.31000

Osmium...............

0.03113

Oxygen...............

0.21750

Palladium.............

0.05928

Petrolium............................

0.46840

Phosphorus.........................

0.18870

Platinum.............................

0.03243

Potassium.............

0.16956

Rhodium..............

0.05803

Ruthenium..........................

0.06110

Salt...................

0.17295

Sapphire..............

0.21737

Selenium...........

.. 0.07440

Silica...............................

.. 0.19132

Silicon.............................

.. 0.17740

Silver...............................

.. 0.05701

Sodium............................

.. 0.29340

Steam..............

.. 0.48050

Steel..............

.. 0.11750

Sulphide of carbon

.. 0.15700

" zinc.....

.. 0.12813

Sulphur (native)

.. 0.17760

" (purified)...

.. 0.20259

" (liquid).....

.. 0.23400

Sulphuric acid.................

.. 0.34300

Tantalum........................

.. 0.04840

Tellurium........................

.. 0.04737

Thallium............

.. 0.03355

Thorinum.........................

.. 0.05800

Tin (solid)..........

... 0.05623

" (liquid).........

.. 0.06370

Tungsten..........

.. 0.03342

Uranium.........................

.. 0.06190

Vanadium.......................

.. 0.08140

Water..............................

1.00000

Wood-spirit.....................

0.64500

Zinc.................................

0.09555