actinometer
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When you get home, the first thing to do is to get hold of a paint box and paint the underside of the glass of your actinometer to match the darkened paper.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 by Various
A very suitable instrument for timing the exposure of carbon tissue is Sawyer's actinometer.
From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.
You may sometimes find that the actinometer indicates a very different exposure from what the eye would lead you to expect.
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
A Johnson's actinometer is very useful to time the exposure.
From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.
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