Motion picture handbook; a guide for managers and operators of motion picture theatres ([c1916])

Record Details:

Title:
Motion picture handbook; a guide for managers and operators of motion picture theatres
Date:
[c1916]
Publisher:
New York City, The Moving Picture World
Volume:
Motion picture handbook; a guide for managers and operators of motion picture theatres
Leaf #:
000705
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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686 MOTION PICTURE HANDBOOK made by burning carbide or acetylene gas with a compound gas, which is really a modified form of oxygen, called "Ozo. ' Two tanks are used, one for the carbide and one for the ozo gas. Each gas is made by the operator before the entertainment, .and is stored in the tanks. It is then used wirh the ordinary calcium burner, just the same as you would use the regular tank gas, and there is no more danger in its use than there is in using oxygen and hydrogen such as is sold in tanks. Acetylene and oxygen produce a very high degree of heat — in fact, the highest degree possible to obtain, othe~ than that of the electric arc. It is not, however, practical to burn them together in a calcium jet, but acetylene, or carbide gas will burn together with the Ozo gas in a calcium jet, the same as oxygen and hydrogen gas, but the result is a higher degree of heat, and hence a higher degree of incandescence of the spot on the lime. The manufacturer claims that the expense of producing the light is very much less than that of producing light by means of oxone combined with ether or gasoline. He also claims a considerably higher illumination. For myself I can vouch for the fact that the ozo-carbi forms an excellent illuminant and that it has many apparently well satisfied users among gas men. Full and complete instructions accompany each outfit. THE END