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Photometer

noun

Measuring instrument for measuring the luminous intensity of a source by comparing it (visually or photoelectrically) with a standard source.

Photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light. Synonyms: exposure meter, light meter.

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... was constructed on the Bunsen principle. A little way from this table, and separated by a partition, we had the chemical laboratory with its furnaces and stink-chambers. Later on another chemical laboratory was installed near the photometer-room, and this Dr. ...

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... magnitudes are performed almost exclusively with the photometer of ZOeLLNER in a more ...

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