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One BTU is the energy required to heat 1 avoirdupois pound of liquid water by 1 degree Fahrenheit, at a pressure of one atmosphere. The Btu (mean) uses a result averaged over water temperatures 0 to 100 °C (32.0 to 212.0 °F) which is approx. 1055.87 J
One newton metre is the distance travelled in the direction of applied force, (ie not the perpendicular distance from a fulcrum which is the NM when used to express torque)