actinometer

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A Johnson's actinometer is very useful to time the exposure.

From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.

The actinometer indicated an exposure of thirty seconds where in good light one would be right.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 by Various

A selenium actinometer has been described in the Comptes Rendus in a communication from M. Morize, of Rio de Janeiro.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 by Various

The actinometer consists of a large cylindrical thermometer bulb, with a scale considerably lengthened, so that minute changes may be easily seen.

From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry

Herschell’s actinometer and Pouillet’s pyrheliometer, instruments for ascertaining the absolute heating effect of the sun’s rays, should, however, be more generally employed by meteorologists.

From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry