Motion picture handbook; a guide for managers and operators of motion picture theatres (1910)

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FOR MANAGERS AND OPERATORS 141 reads 900. The second apparently indicates o; but since the first has not completed its revolution, but indicates only 9, the second cannot have completed its division, hence the second dial indicates 9 also. The same is true of the hand of the third dial; the second being 9, has not quite completed its revolution, so that the third has not completed its division, therefore we again have 9. The same holds true of the hand 1.000.000 100.000 f2 isk aVe .6 s 4y \.4 5 6^ KILOWATT HOURS No. 3. looaooo 100.000 10,000 WATT HOURS Facsimiles of Meter Dials. of the fourth dial. The last hand (the extreme left) appears to rest on i; but since the fourth is only 9, the last has not completed its division, and therefore indicates o. Putting the figures down from right to left, the total read- ing is 999,900. By similar reasoning the value of other indi- cations may be obtained.