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Figure 8. Integrating solarimeter - measures energy developed fromsolar radiation based on the absorption of heat by a black body. Theprinciple this instrument was designed on was first developed by the Italian priest, Father Angelo Bellani. He invented the actinometric methodwhich is based on physical and chemical techniques.
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