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ozonometer|əʊzəʊˈnɒmɪtə(r)| [f. ozone: see -meter.] An instrument or device for ascertaining the amount of ozone in the air. It consists of a graduated scale of tints with which ozone test papers, after exposure for a fixed time, are compared.
1864Times 13 Oct., Schœnbein's ozonometer is graduated from zero to 10 deg. 1868Eng. Cycl. s.v., An ozonometer by which a strip of ozone-paper 24 inches in length is exposed successively for an hour to the action of the atmosphere. So ˌozonoˈmetric a., pertaining to the measurement of ozone; ozoˈnometry, the measurement of the amount or proportion of ozone in the air.
1857Sir T. Watson Lect. Princ. & Pract. Physic (ed. 4) (L.), He got several physicians at Basle to compare their lists of catarrhal patients with his table of atmosphero-ozonometric observations. 1864Webster, Ozonometry. 1867Brande & Cox Dict. Sci., etc., Ozonometry. This term has been applied to the means of detecting the presence and proportion of ozone in the atmosphere. |