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actinometer

[ak-tuh-nom-i-ter] / ˌæk təˈnɒm ɪ tər /


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The actinometer of M. Violle is, in principle, a sphere of copper, blackened externally, and having inside a thermometric apparatus which registers some distance away.

From Sounding the Ocean of Air by Rotch, A. Lawrence

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

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

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

With daylight, however, the light is constantly fluctuating, and this renders the use of an actinometer a necessity for correct exposure.

From Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 by Martin, Marcus J.




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