Living pictures; their history, photoproduction and practical workingWith a digest of British patents and annotated bibliography . Fig. 18: PRESENT-DAY APPARATUS. 169 when several short episodes are taken on one long film,for it gives an absolute indication of how much filmremains unused. The intermittent motion is a greatlyimproved guided claw, perfectly effective however highthe rate of working, and it will be seen that feed andtake-up are exactly balanced by driving the film fromtwo sides of the same sprocket. But the production ofthis long series of machineshas not exhausted theresources o
Living pictures; their history, photoproduction and practical workingWith a digest of British patents and annotated bibliography . Fig. 18: PRESENT-DAY APPARATUS. 169 when several short episodes are taken on one long film,for it gives an absolute indication of how much filmremains unused. The intermittent motion is a greatlyimproved guided claw, perfectly effective however highthe rate of working, and it will be seen that feed andtake-up are exactly balanced by driving the film fromtwo sides of the same sprocket. But the production ofthis long series of machineshas not exhausted theresources of the ; on the con-trary, they have beenstimulated to fresh efforts,which undoubtedly will. Fig. 186. have a considerable influence on the future of Animato-graphy. At the time of writing a new machine is mcourse of manufacture in bulk, and doubtless beforethese pages are read the machine itself will be on themarket. It is to be called the Junior Prestwich, and,like the juniors of most families, will make a noise inthe world. To descend from the region of metaphor 170 LIVING PICTURES. to that of facts, this Junior is a small camerawhich may also serve as projector. Fig. 187 shows,the apparatus, the dimensions of which are far morerestrained than those of the usual quarter-plate handcamera. Nevertheless, this machine will take a view ofa scene equal in duration to those commonly exhibited,and in use it is simplicity itself. The daylight spool offilm, yi inch wide, is laid in a recess, the end fedforward, and one turn given to the handle. The filmis automatically gripped and placed in correct register, and thenceforth,,however fast themachine be driven,,its action is regu-lar
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