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Radiometer

noun
1.
Meter to detect and measure radiant energy (electromagnetic or acoustic).



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"Radiometer" Quotes from Famous Books



... molecules themselves in a circumscribed space. It has been shown by Professors Tait and Dewar that a vacuum may be produced artificially of such a degree of rarefaction that the mean free path of the remaining molecules is measurable in inches. The calculation is based on experiments made with the radiometer of Professor Crookes, an instrument which in itself is held to demonstrate the truth of the kinetic theory of gases. Such an attenuated gas as this is considered by Professor Crookes as constituting a fourth state of matter, which he ...
— A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams



Words linked to "Radiometer" :   radiomicrometer, meter, Rayleigh disk



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