F. H. Richardson's bluebook of projection (1935)

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126 RICHARDSON'S BLUEBOOK OF PROJECTION it will do. Block up the automatic fire shutter and project a white light through the hole. Blow smoke into the tiny light beam (projector is not running) and you may see just what area of the lens the beam covers. Probably all of it will be found to enter the lens, which, of course, indicates that all the light passing through the center zone of the film enters the lens and consequently the central portion of the film is fully illuminated on the screen. Exact Size and Shape of Ray Three Inches from Aperture When Condenser is 18 Inches from Aperture. Zone Area A^frc Ly mens %7ckS 1 ,o*n ay 3 J9 fOS Z *o& /3.J .8$ 19. Z 3 .70 fo.o TefaJ l.7f /OP Figure 41 Now place the other "frame" over the aperture, so that the hole will be at one corner of "the aperture instead of at its center. Again blow smoke ■ and observe the condition. If the whole cone of light enters the lens, well and good. If it does not, then it is plainly evident that the light incident upon the outer zones of the film does not all enter the lens and hence there is unevenness