Calories (15 °C, NBS 1939)
The 15 °C NBS 1939 calorie is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius, from 14.5 °C to 15.5 °C, at standard atmospheric pressure. This specific definition was established by the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in 1939.
Calories (mean)
A mean calorie is a unit of energy that was historically used to quantify the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius, approximately equal to 4.184 joules.