Fade-Ometer
(feɪˈdɒmɪtə(r))
Also Fadeometer, Fadometer.
[Trade name, f. fade n.1 or v.1: see -ometer.]
(See quot. 1925.)
| 1925 Trade Marks Jrnl. 5 Aug. 1700 Color Fade-Ometer,..apparatus..for testing the fastness of colours. Atlas Electric Devices Company..Chicago, Illinois. 1934 Chem. Abstr. 7021/1 Comparison of the fading produced by the Fade-ometer..and by sunlight... For short periods of time the Fade-ometer is a satisfactory substitute for sunlight in fading tests. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 320/2 Fadometer, an instrument used to determine the resistance of a dye or pigment to fading. 1951 R. Mayer Artist's Handbk. ii. 90 Machines such as the Fadeometer and the Weatherometer have been designed to give the equivalent of years of exposure to direct sunlight and dampness in a few hours. |