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- radioactivity
- radiograph
- encephalogram
- fluoroscope
- cathode rays
- refractometry
- ultraviolet rays
- Röntgen rays
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Actinism, ak′tin-izm, n. the chemical force of the sun's rays, as distinct from light and heat.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 1 OF 4: A-D)VARIOUSAn instrument for registering the intensity of the chemical influence (actinism) of the suns rays.
COOLEY'S CYCLOPDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES..., SIXTH EDITION, VOLUME IARNOLD COOLEYThe third constituent of the sunbeam is actinism—its property being to produce chemical effects.
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, NO. XXVI, JULY 1852, VOL. VVARIOUSAs yet, the effects of actinism have been more studied in the inanimate than the organic creation.
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, NO. XXVI, JULY 1852, VOL. VVARIOUSExperiments clearly prove that this change is to be attributed to actinism, and not to heat.
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, NO. XXVI, JULY 1852, VOL. VVARIOUSIn summer, when the maturing process advances, light and heat increase, and actinism relatively declines.
THE REASON WHYANONYMOUSThe clouds shut off the scorching light; but, like the blue glass of the photographer's studio, they transmit actinism.
THE REASON WHYANONYMOUSIn the autumn, when the ripening period arrives, light and actinism give way to a greater ratio of heat.
THE REASON WHYANONYMOUSBecause blue glass obstructs many of the luminous rays, but it is perfectly transparent to actinism.
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