Motion Picture Operation, Stage Electrics and Illusions / A Practical Hand-book and Guide for Theater Electricians, Motion Picture Operators and Managers of Theaters and Productions
Books by Horstmann & Tousley
A Practical Hand-book and Guide for Theater Electricians, Motion Picture Operators and Managers of Theaters and Productions
Henry C. Horstmann
and
Victor H. Tousley
Authors of
“Alternating Current,” “Modern Wiring Diagrams,” “Modern Electrical Construction,” “Electrical Wiring and Con- struction Tables,” “Practical Armature and Magnet Winding,” “Electricians’ Operating and Test- ing Manual,” “Modern Illumination.”
ILLUSTRATED
Chicago FREDERICK J. DRAKE & CO. Publishers
Copyright 1914, by HENRY C. HORSTMANN and VICTOR H. TOUSLEY
In this volume the authors have attempted to lay before the Motion-Picture Operators and Theatrical Employes generally, a reference and handbook making a specialty of electrical requirements about theaters.
A working knowledge of electricity in general is assumed, and therefore elementary ideas have been treated sparingly. A specialty, however, has been made of all matters peculiar to theaters, and it is thought that theater electricians will find in this volume everything that they need whether they be operating motion-picture machines or switchboards in first-class houses.
Henry Charles Horstmann
Victor H. Tousley
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PREFACE
Table of Contents
Two and Three-Wire Systems.
Electrical Hazards.
General Discussion of the Electrical Arc.
Operation of Arc Lamps.
Testing of Arc Lamps.
Testing Carbons.
Setting and Adjustment of Carbons.
Optical System.
Current Required.
Current Required for Projecting.
Selection of Lenses.
HINTS ON MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTING ARCS.
Colored Pictures.
DISCUSSION OF PARTS.
Film Making and Characteristics.
Patching Film.
Tools.
Aligning the Machine.
Anchoring the Machine.
Inspection.
Upper Magazine.
Fire Trap.
Cleaning Machine.
Oiling Machine.
Care of Sprockets.
Adjusting Intermittent Sprocket.
Automatic Fire Shutter.
The Revolving Shutter.
Framing.
Film Gate.
Tension Springs.
The Take-Up.
Cover.
Getting Ready for the Show.
Dissolving Views of Living Pictures.
Human Figure Floating or Performing in Air.
Head Suspended in Air.
Magic Cabinet.
Head Resting on Table.
Multiplication of Images.
Trick Mirror.
General Requirements.
The Stage.
Moving-Picture Theater.
The Screen.
Construction and Ventilation.
Wiring of Operating Room.
Voltages Required.
Resistance Control.
Reactance Control.
Transformation Control.
Auto-transformer Control.
Motor-Generator Control.
Rotary Converter Control.
The Mercury-Arc Rectifier Control.
Operation of Generators.
Operation of Motors.
Alternating-Current Motors.
GENERAL HINTS.
Aisle Light.
Alternating Current.
Arc Lamps.
Armored Cable.
Asbestos.
Attachment Plugs.
Auditorium.
Auto-Starters.
Balconies.
Batteries.
Bells.
Borders.
Box Office.
Brackets.
Branch Circuits.
Bus-Bars.
Cabinets.
Cables.
Canopies.
Carriage Call.
Carrying Capacity of Wires.
Ceiling Fans.
Chandeliers.
Circuit Breakers.
Concealed Work.
Conduit Work.
Contacts.
Cord.
Current Taps.
Cut-Outs.
Damp Places.
Decorative Lighting Systems.
Dimmers.
Door Switches.
Dressing Rooms.
Drop Lights.
Emergency Lighting.
Exit Lights.
Fan Motors.
Fire Alarm.
Fish Work.
Fixtures.
Flashers.
Flat Irons.
Flexible Cord.
Flexible Tubing.
Floor Pockets.
Fly Floor.
Footlights.
Fuses.
Gallery Lighting.
Gallery Pockets.
Gas Lighting.
Grid Floor.
Guards.
Hanger-Boards.
Heaters.
High Potential.
Illumination.
Incandescent Lamps.
Inverted Lighting.
Joints.
Junction Boxes.
Lamps.
Lobby.
Lugs.
Meters.
Meter Reading.
Motors.
Music Stands.
Open Work.
Operating Room.
Panel Boards.
Paint Bridge.
Paint Room.
Program Board.
Proscenium Side Lights.
Receptacles.
Retiring Rooms.
Rheostats.
Signals.
Signs.
Sockets.
Stage Cable.
Stage Flues.
Stage and Gallery Pockets.
Switches.
Switchboards.
Anvil Sparks.
Arc Lamps.
Baby Spot Lamp.
Batteries.
Bells.
Blinding Lights.
Brackets.
Bunch Lights.
Chandeliers.
Colors.
Dimmer Box.
Electric Sign Imitations.
Electric Stage Effects.
Explosions.
Face-O-Graph.
Festoons.
Fire Dance.
Fireflies.
Fireplaces.
Flat Irons.
Flowers.
Fountains.
Fuses.
Gas Globes.
Glass Shades.
Heaters.
Lighthouse Effect.
Lightning.
Lugs.
Moon Boxes.
Moonlight on Water.
Musical Acts.
Musical Bells.
Oil Lamps.
Pin-Plug Connectors.
Plugging Boxes.
Rheostats.
Stage Cables.
Strips.
Sunrise.
Switches.
Table Lamps.
Time Beaters.
Water Falls.
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