We describe a single beam device that records continuously as a function of wavelength, simple quantities related to the reflectance and transmittance, (1 - R)/(1 + R) and (1-T)/(1+T). The unit is easily attached to any spectrometer. It is sensitive to changes in these quantities of about 1 X 10-4, while systematic errors in alignment set an absolute accuracy of about 1 X 10-3. © 1968 Optical Society of America.