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extinction meter [2 records]

Record 1 1984-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
OBS

(OMI, publication, p. 64)

Spanish

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Record 2 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Light Precision Instruments
OBS

many modern extinction meter use a wedge of graduated density with a series of figures behind it. This is mounted in a tube or a flat tablet through which the scene to be photographed is observed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Petite mécanique de précision
OBS

Les instruments du type à extinction se composent, en principe, d'un tube métallique au travers duquel on vise le sujet.

Spanish

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