Total atomic photoelectric cross-sections have been obtained by the subtraction technique for the elements Cu, Mo, Ag, Sn, W, Au, Pb and U in the energy region 20 to 1330 keV; and compared with the tabulated theoretical predictions of Schmickley and Pratt. It has been found that, in general, there is satisfactory agreement between the two. For the elements W, Au and Pb, at energies just below theK-edge, there is a discrepancy of more than 5% between experiment and theory.