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Figure 6. Pyranometer, a sensor used to measure variations in solar radiation.It is used with a recording device, the solarigraph. The principle of operationof the pyranometer is that of the thermophile of the Dutch Willem Moll. Thisprinciple was adapted by Dr. Ladislaw Gorczynski of the Meteorological Institute of Varsovia in 1924. The instrument shown was probably made in the 1940's.
Credit
Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Photographer
Y. Berard
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
The Early Instruments - Collections of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco
Supplemental Material, Demonstration Equipment, and Meteorological Instruments
Keywords
Meteorology