siyanometre
Sign in to savethumb|right|A cyanometer by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (from the collection of ''Musée d'histoire des sciences de la Ville de Genève) thumb|right|An artwork in Ljubljana, Slovenia, inspired by a cyanometer A cyanometer (from cyan and -meter'') is an instrument for measuring "blueness", specifically the colour intensity of blue sky. It is attributed to Horace-Bénédict de Saussure and Alexander von Humboldt. It consists of squares of paper dyed in graduated shades of blue and arranged in a color circle or square that can be held up and compared to the color of the sky.
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Vinony files it under 1780s introductions, 1789 beginnings and 1789 in science.
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- measuring instrument
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- Matériel de recherche, Horace-Bénédict de Saussure deuxième schéma du cyanomètre, 1788 © Collection Musée d’histoire des sciences, Geneva.jpg
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- Cyanometer
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