actinometer

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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.

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

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

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

Then note down everything you have done—kind of view, stop, speed of plate, exposure of each plate, and length of exposure of actinometer.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 by Various