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Unfortunately it is not the Calorimeter, which is used to measure energy, the measurement of the calorie was replaced by the Joule. The calorie/kilo-calorie was the measurement of the amount of energy need to cause a 1 degree temperature increase in one gram/kilogram of water. A Thermometer, which contains Mercury that responds predictably to heat either by expanding or contracting, is the meter used for measuring the heat it is exposed to whether it be atmospheric, oceanic, direct heat or radiant heat, internal or external heat. A Thermometer measures heat or the lack of in Degrees on two different scales Centigrade and Fahrenheit.

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