Living pictures; their history, photoproduction and practical workingWith a digest of British patents and annotated bibliography . 176 LIVING PICTURES. THE BESSUS CINEMATOGRAPH. This machine (Fig. 194), formerly known as the Airs,moves the film by a Maltese - cross motion. Film- winder andintermittentmechanism areband - drivenfrom the driving-wheel in sucha manner thatthe film may bemoved and auto-matically paid-out and wound-up in eitherdirection. Thep,Q^ ,„, lenses are fitted in interchange-able cylinders fitting one jacket, thus affording a choiceof PAUL S FIREPROOF ANIMATOGRAPHE. Th
Living pictures; their history, photoproduction and practical workingWith a digest of British patents and annotated bibliography . 176 LIVING PICTURES. THE BESSUS CINEMATOGRAPH. This machine (Fig. 194), formerly known as the Airs,moves the film by a Maltese - cross motion. Film- winder andintermittentmechanism areband - drivenfrom the driving-wheel in sucha manner thatthe film may bemoved and auto-matically paid-out and wound-up in eitherdirection. Thep,Q^ ,„, lenses are fitted in interchange-able cylinders fitting one jacket, thus affording a choiceof PAUL S FIREPROOF ANIMATOGRAPHE. This apparatus, first named the Theatrograph, isbest known through the pictures shown by itsagency night after night for more than a year at theAlhambra. The intermittent mechanism is somewhatlike that shown in Fig. 120. In order to facilitateplacing the film, the sides of the sprockets are leftopen, and the whole apparatus is extremely shutter may be rapidly adjusted when deemednecessary, and the machine is designed to carry extra-large spools. As regards safety, the very name of theapparatus indicates the special care devoted to theavoidance of accident from ignited film. FRESENT-BA Y A PFARA TVS. 177 WOLFFS VITAPHOTOSCOPE. This machine is, above all, characterised in its newform by extreme stability, combined with lantern and projecting-apparatus are firmly fixedto a base-board which, together with all the otherparts, packs into the case to which the driving-wheelis seen connected in Fig. 195. When required for use,the lante
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