Living pictures; their history, photoproduction and practical working. With a digest of British patents and annotated bibliography (1899)

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Title:
Living pictures; their history, photoproduction and practical working. With a digest of British patents and annotated bibliography
Date:
1899
Publisher:
London Optician & Photographic Trades Review
Volume:
Living pictures; their history, photoproduction and practical working. With a digest of British patents and annotated bibliography
Leaf #:
00048
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Robarts - University of Toronto
Sponsor:
University of Toronto
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
52
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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30 LIVING PICTURES. praxinoscope type) from which it was reflected, the mirror M again diverting the Hght through the objective O. Another mirror changed the direction of the rays and threw the moving picture on the screen. An endless band permitted the use of a comparatively long repeating series, while the length of a non-repeating scene was only limited by the size of the spools and Fig. 27. the cost of preparing so large a series of pictures. Under the name, firstly of the Praxinoscope Projection Theatre or Optical Theatre^ and subsequently under that of the Theatrlaxlnoscope, this apparatus appeared —in fact still remains—on the Paris boulevards. A serious disadvantage of this form of Praxinoscope must be referred to. The band is necessarily vertical, the ob- jective sloping. This mihtates against the sharpness of the projected pictures, while the light being reflected from the drum, and again diverted by two more mirrors, .all tends to degrade the clearness of the final image on