The Edison phonograph monthly (Mar 1903-Feb 1904)

EDISON PHONOGRAPH MONTHLY. 15 few additional objective lenses condensers, lime light burners, curtains, and other accessories would complete the necessary stock. The total investmentof the Dealer need not exceed $300. Instruments and Films can easily be replaced as sold. It is desirable that the Dealer have a dark room for demonstration. Any room that can be darkened is sufficient, and the dimensions may vary. The instrument is placed at one end and a screen or white sheet hung opposite. The distance between the sheet and the machine may vary from 60 down to 15 feet. For dark room purposes a 40 foot throw is desirable. Most of the Dealers in moving picture apparatus are restricted to smaller rooms, some of them using as short a range as 15 feet. For a 20 foot distance use a 10 foot sheet ; for 40 foot a 12 or 15 foot. As the size of the picture increases in ratio with the distance, it will be twice as large at 40 feet as at 20 feet, and the results will be more effective. The electric light is the most practicable for use with the Kinetoscope. The .alternating current can be used, although the direct is preferable, at no volts if this is to be obtained". The alternating current usually runs at about 52 or 104 volts. The local electrician can make the connections; which, having once been made, the light becomes the simplest of all to operate, as well as the most effective. Customers will ask for information about light other than electric, to be used in projecting machines. Traveling exhibitors frequently exhibit in halls where the current is not to be had, and another form of illuminant must be provided. For this purpose the lime light gases can be purchased in tanks from the calcium light companies, but as this involves repeated express or freight charges and possible delays, a gas making outfit with which the exhibitor can make his own gas is often purchased instead. These outfits range in price from $40 to $75 retail. Catalogues issued by Dealers who make a specialty of projection instruments describe the various types. Customers should be advised to purchase the best, which are usually the highest priced; cheap gas making outfits are dangerous, because liable to explode. The arc electric and lime light are the only illuminants that are satisfactory for moving picture work. Acetylene and vapor lights are frequently powerful enough for lantern slides, but rarely answer the requirements for moving pictures. The sale of Kinetoscopes with inferior illuminants should be discouraged. Buyers of moving picture goods may wish to purchase lantern slides, or other stereopticon goods. It is not necessary to carry these in stock unless the volume of business warrants. They can usually be obtained from stereopticon houses at short notice. Dealers in all parts of the country can be promptly supplied with Kinetoscopes and Films. This is necessary to facilitate sales when the Dealer's stock is limited. Interested Dealers may get information concerning discounts, etc., by writing the Edison Manufacturing Co., at Orange, N. J., or to any of the following selling agents : The Kinetosraph Co., 41 East 21st street, New York; Kleine Optical Co., 52 State street, Chicago, or Peter Bacigalupi, 933 Market street, San Francisco. ALLEN'S JAPANESE LACgU ERED HORN BLACK OUTSIDE RED INSIDE HIGHEST JAPANESE ART IMPORTED Weight 28 ozs. 30 inches long 15 inch B PRICE TEN DOLLARS. Peter Bacigalupi, Sole Agent U. S. A. 933 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, THIS IS AN IDEAL HORN, MADE AFTER YEARS OF EXPERIMENTING BY A CONNOISSEUR. DOES AWAY WITH ALL THE METALLIC SOUNDS FOUND IN OTHER HORNS.