Mixing jet for limelight
- PART OF:
- The Kodak Museum Collection
- maker:
- Unknown
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Mixing jet for limelight. Large mixing chamber; taps on both gas pipes; worm screw elevation and rotation of lime from rear.
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:
- 1990-5036/7170
- type:
- mixing jet
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford