actinometer

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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

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

Another object was, to bring down specimens of air from different altitudes, for analysis; to try the effect of the actinometer at great elevations; and to note the hygrometric condition.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 456 Volume 18, New Series, September 25, 1852 by Chambers, Robert

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.