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BUNSEN PHOTOMETER
(Intensity of Light)
(No longer available.)






EQUIPMENT
    redball.gif (326 bytes) Bunsen Photometer
    redball.gif (326 bytes) Bulbs
   



NARRATIVE
         The Bunsen Photometer is used to determine the relative intensity of two light sources. Slide the box containing two blocks of paraffin along the meter stick until both blocks appear to be equally illuminated. Then:

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