Richardson's handbook of projection (1930)

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1224 HANDBOOK OF PROJECTION FOR it. As a matter of fact, I have had that very idea presented to me many, many times by men with whom I have remonstrated concerning their mediocre work. The wise theatre management will provide ample space in the projection room, and reasonable accommodations for the health and comfort of the men who must work therein, and then will demand results in keeping with the equipment and accommodations provided. He will have the right to demand! But under such conditions the very fact that he must demand would stamp the man who did not respond to those conditions as unfit to be in a projection room. I think you will all agree, without reservation, to that. In the matter of space, the main projection room should, and, to be of suitable dimensions, must have sufficient front-to-back depth to allow of a full three (3) foot passageway the full length of the room, back of all projection equipment. That is a minimum. It may be more, but must be no less. Of course, if amplifiers or other equipment are to be placed against the rear wall, this means that there must be three full feet between the rear of the projectors and it, and by that it is meant between the controls on the rear of the lamphouses and the controls, if any, on the face of the equipment against the rear wall. The three-foot passage must be entirely free and clear of all obstruction. As to projection room width, there is a growing tendency to space the projectors somewhat further apart than formerly. Some have advocated as much as five feet between lens centers, but that the author regards