Photometer, optical

Description

Optical photometer for the measurement of the intensity of light and colour, to the design of William Henry Fox Talbot, constructed by W. & S. Jones, London, c. 1830

Museum reference

T.1995.31

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Photometer, optical

Production information

W. & S. Jones
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1830

Materials

Wood, Metal

Associations

Collector: Bancker, Charles Nicoll, 1777 - 1869
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, North America

Exhibitions

• Enquire (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

A.D.C. Simpson, 'Talbot's Photometer, or Developments before Photography', Studies in Photography 1996

pp 8-10 Sara Stevenson (ed.), Light from the Dark Room (Edinburgh, 1995)

pp 18-22 NMS Annual Report, April 1995- March 1996 (Edinburgh, 1996)

p 28; For Talbot see HJP Arnold, William Henry Fox Talbot: Pioneer of Photography and Man of Science (London, 1977)

Larry J. Schaaf, Out of the Shadows: Herschel, Talbot and the Invention of Photography (New Haven, 1992)

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