Bee Meter, advertising block
Bee Meter, advertising block
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Image Details
| Title | Bee Meter, advertising block |
|---|---|
| Description | Black and white photograph of an advertising block for Alfred Watkins' Bee Meter. It was patented in April 1890 and manufactured in Friar Street, Hereford. It was a pocket calculator for determining light exposure when taking photographs. Its success was demonstrated when H G Ponting, the photographer on Scott's Antarctic Expedition in 1910, used a Watkins Meter to produce his amazing landscapes of this unknown continent. He told Watkins that without the meter, the photographs would have been impossible. |
| Photographer / artist | Unknown |
| Publisher | Unknown |
| Contributor(s) | |
| Date | Unknown |
| Type | Image |
| Format | Photograph |
| Identifier | Li1834 |
| Area | Hereford |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
