CALORIMETER, noun An apparatus for measuring relative quantities of heat, or the specific caloric of bodies; or an instrument for measuring the heat given out by a body in cooling, from the quantity of ice it melts, invented by Lavoisier and Laplace.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.