actinometer

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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

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.

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

It should register about 40 deg. with an actinometer used to test silver solutions.

From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.