Mixing jet for limelight
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Brass mixing jet for limelight, with mixing chamber. Lime pin elevated by bevel and worm gears. Pipes with lever and screw taps. For oxy-hydrogen.
The mixed jet, was the limelight jet most often used by professional lanternists to control the light source in a magic lantern presentation. Both oxygen and hydrogen are under equal pressure, normally around 5 pounds per square inch.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/221
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- type:
- mixing jet
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford