Talbot (photometry)

Talbot (photometry)

In photometry, the talbot (T) is a nonstandard unit of luminous energy, named in honor of the early photographer William Fox Talbot. It is exactly equal to the SI standard unit, the lumen · second::1 T = 1 lm · s

Note that the use of the abbreviation T conflicts with the of T as the abbreviation for the tesla, the SI unit of magnetic flux density.


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