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PREFACE

CHAPTER I. THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT AND ELECTRICAL HAZARDS.

Two and Three-Wire Systems.

Electrical Hazards.

CHAPTER II. THE ARC LAMP.

General Discussion of the Electrical Arc.

Operation of Arc Lamps.

Testing of Arc Lamps.

Testing Carbons.

CHAPTER III. PROJECTION.

Setting and Adjustment of Carbons.

Optical System.

Current Required.

Current Required for Projecting.

Selection of Lenses.

HINTS ON MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTING ARCS.

CHAPTER IV. MOTION PICTURES.

Colored Pictures.

CHAPTER V. THE MOTION-PICTURE MACHINE.

DISCUSSION OF PARTS.

CHAPTER VI. THE FILM.

Film Making and Characteristics.

Patching Film.

CHAPTER VII. GENERAL HINTS ON INSTALLATION, OPERATION, AND CARE OF MACHINES.

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.

CHAPTER VIII. LIGHT.

CHAPTER IX. PRINCIPLES OF VISION.

CHAPTER X. REFLECTION.

CHAPTER XI. REFRACTION.

CHAPTER XII. OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS.

CHAPTER XIII. OPTICAL ILLUSIONS.

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.

CHAPTER XIV. THEATER BUILDINGS.

General Requirements.

The Stage.

Moving-Picture Theater.

The Screen.

CHAPTER XV. OPERATING ROOM EQUIPMENT.

Construction and Ventilation.

Wiring of Operating Room.

CHAPTER XVI. CURRENT CONTROL FOR ARC LAMPS.

Voltages Required.

Resistance Control.

Reactance Control.

Transformation Control.

Auto-transformer Control.

Motor-Generator Control.

Rotary Converter Control.

The Mercury-Arc Rectifier Control.

CHAPTER XVII. MANAGEMENT OF GENERATORS AND MOTORS.

Operation of Generators.

Operation of Motors.

Alternating-Current Motors.

GENERAL HINTS.

CHAPTER XVIII. THEATER WIRING.

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.

CHAPTER XIX. PORTABLE STAGE EQUIPMENT.

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.

CHAPTER XX. USEFUL FACTS AND FORMULAS.

Ohm’s Law.

Lens Formulas.

Measurement of Surfaces.

Measurement of Solids.

CHAPTER XXI. GLOSSARY OF ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, AND OPTICAL WORDS, TERMS, AND PHRASES.

INDEX