actinometer
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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
We can, however, by chemical means arrive at an exact estimate of the active power, and for this purpose an actinometer is used.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 by Various
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
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 very suitable instrument for timing the exposure of carbon tissue is Sawyer's actinometer.
From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.
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