Cyanometer

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title: Cyanometer
text: A cyanometer 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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description: Instrument for measuring blueness of the sky
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanometer
date created: 2006-10-12T17:50:15Z
date modified: 2024-09-04T22:02:23Z
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