The handbook of kinematography, the history, theory, and practice of motion photography and projection (1911)

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1 4 2 HANDBOOK OF KINE MA TOGRAPH Y. ally leads us on to the " ZAR " of Cinema-Halles, Ltd. The Zar machine combines many distinct advantages. The makers claim for it that it combines in itself ' all the best and brightest ideas in projectors to be found both in England and on the Continent/ What we can inform our readers with certainty is, firstly, that it is in every sense of the word a first-class instrument. Passing on to particularise on its merits, we may just spare time to mention its adjustable and removable Maltese cross action, adjustable gate skates, and instantly removable con- densers. It is also fitted with a patent flickerless light shutter, an excellent automatic take-up, and a whole heap of other excellent fea- tures too numerous to mention here. The price, while not pretending to be low, is moreover very reasonable for an instrument of the sort described. See fig. 106. FIG. 107. THE "URBANORA" PROJECTOR. The URBANORA PROJECTOR is only one of the irreproachable pieces of kinematograph apparatus put out by that standard English firm, the Urban Trading Company. Everyone has heard of the Urban Trading Company, and it is just as great a truism to remark that everyone knows beforehand that if the Urbanora Projector hails from this firm, it is itself a standard of efficiency in projection. The illus- tration (fig. 107) given herewith, shows in a measure, the smart, elegant and workmanlike design of this projector. A glance will show that