actinometer
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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 Henry Negretti
A Johnson's actinometer is very useful to time the exposure.
From Photogravure by Henry R. Blaney
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
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
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word