Handbook for motion picture and stereopticon operators (1908)

Record Details:

Title:
Handbook for motion picture and stereopticon operators
Date:
1908
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : The Knega Company, Inc.
Volume:
Handbook for motion picture and stereopticon operators
Leaf #:
00067
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion Picture Technology
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 16, 2023
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Operator's Handbook 61 Lamp House. The lamp house should inclose the arc so completely that sparks from the carbon, or incandescent pieces snapped off of the carbon by the striking of the arc, or the sputtering of the arc, cannot possibly fall down and get outside of the lantern. The majority of the few fires which have occurred in theatres, which have been chargeable to motion-picture machines, have been caused by pieces of hot carbon falling from the lamp house into the film supply box. If a lime-light is used, this is even more important because the lime breaks to pieces and the pieces fall, setting fire to any inflammable material with which they come in contact. These little incandescent pieces of carbon or lime falling on varnished, lacquered, or enameled surfaces seem to generate a gas which causes them to jump off, carrying the danger to other more inflammable parts. The lamp house of thfe motion-picture machine should have a spring-closed door. Combination Machines. Some projecting machines are made with the lamp house arranged to slide laterally to bring the lamp out of line with the projecting lens of the motion-picture machine, and into line with the projecting lens located on the side of the projecting machine so that the ordinary magic-lantern slides 5