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
It should register about 40 deg. with an actinometer used to test silver solutions.
From Photogravure by Henry R. Blaney
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
A Johnson's actinometer is very useful to time the exposure.
From Photogravure by Henry R. Blaney
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 Marcus J. Martin
