What Instruments Are Used to Measure Heat?
thermometer image by Marek Kosmal from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a06/7k/nc/instruments-used-measure-heat_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); The Thermometer is the oldest and still most common heat measuring instrument. Heat is a type of energy created by the vibration and collision of atoms and molecules. The faster the molecules of a substance are vibrating, the more heat energy it has. (Reference 1) Temperature is technically considered to be the average energy of the molecules that compose a substance. Since the creation of the temperature scale in the 18th century, various devices have been used to measure heat. (Reference 2) Different types of heat measurement instruments require different levels of scientific assumption to be made. The situation in which it is most appropriate to use these devices varies depending on criteria and finance. Broadly speaking, there are two categories of heat
