pyrheliometer noun. [pǝ:,hi:lɪ'ɒmɪtǝ] obsolete exc. Hist. M19.
[from Greek pur fire + hēlios sun + -METER.]
An instrument for measuring solar radiation by allowing the rays to fall on water or mercury in a blackened vessel and observing the rise of temperature in the liquid.

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