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THE FILM-SLIDE SYSTEM A CATALOGUE OF FILM-REELS Published and Manufactured by NEWTON & Co. Ltd. Formerly the Lantern Slide Dept. of Newton & Co., 3, Fleet Street, E.G. ESTABLISHED OVER 200 YEARS. Holders of Appointments to the English Sovereigns continuously for over seventy years. The Lantern Slide Gallery, 43, Museum Street, LONDON, W.C.I. (Close to the Entrance of the British Museum.) By Appointment:. MARK PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS TO THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OP GT. BRITAIN. LANTERN SLIDE GALLERY: Telegraphic and Cable Address. "TBANSOPTI, PHONE, LONDON." Telephone: HOLHORN 7749 PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIOS: 3 EMPEROR'S GATE, SOUTH KENSINGTON, s.W. 7. Teleplione: WESTERN 4980. Facsimile of the Signature of J. NEWTON, the Head of Messrs. NEWTON'S Firm in 1704, the year beforeSlR ISAAC NEWTON was knighted. THE FILM-SLIDE METHOD OF ILLUSTRATING TALKS AND LECTURES The "UNIVERSAL" TO SMALL AUDIENCES. PORTABLE ELECTRIC FILM-SLIDE LANTERNS (Patent applied for) As this system may be new to some, we should like to explain its advan- tages, and offer some advice to those who propose to employ it. Designed and Manufactured solely by The Slides are printed by photography on a strip of Film (non-inflam- mable) and turning a handle brings them all on the screen in turn. To change NEWTON & Co. Ltd. the picture when desired, you merely turn the handle. At first the lanterns were so made that they required unpacking and fitting up, and the light needed centring and adjusting, etc., like an ordinary The Film-Slide method of illustrating Talks and Lectures to small lantern ; but later lanterns were made of which the " Unit " was perhaps audiences is now so much used, owing to its economy—the price of the Slides the most satisfactory, which were built into their cases from which they are being Id. (one penny) each—that we have thought it well to design a complete never removed. So there is no packing or unpacking to do, and no adjust- series of Film-Slide Lanterns to suit all purposes and purses. ments required. In fact, now the saving in trouble and manipulation is as We believe our long experience of Lantern work has enabled us to produce great in the Lanterns as in the Film-Slides themselves. a range of Lanterns unequalled for simplicity in use, efficiency, and economy. There are two standard sizes of Film-Slides, but both are on the same Each " Universal " Lantern is absolutely complete in itself, and all the size of strip Film, 35 mm. parts are rigidly fixed in perfect adjustment, so that there is nothing to do The earlier forms of Lanterns only showed the old J in. standard size, but switch on the current and turn a milled head to change the picture. but as the new 1 in. standard size enables a larger and better picture to be shown on ;the screen, we have redesigned the optical system, and all Models " AV and " A 3 " are for use where Electric Light is not " Universal " Film-Slide Lanterns will show both sizes. All Film-Reels in obtainable. our List are sent in the new standard 1 in. size; but we can supply the J in. A 1.—" Universal" Electric Film-Slide Lantern, Model A 1, £ s. d. size to order for customers having the old Lanterns. is for use everywhere, as it carries its own electricity with it, so is independent of local supply. Complete in cabinet and easily carried in one hand .. .. .. .. 9 15 0 LANTERNS. // required sometimes where Electric Current is obtainable, a special In ordering a Film-Slide Lantern, choose one of the more recent sort, resistance can be supplied for Model " A 1." which are permanently fitted in their cases in perfect adjustment, and not one of the old form which has to be unpacked and set up and centred, etc., A3.—" Universal ** Electric Film-Slide Lantern, Model A3. and make sure that it will show the new standard 1 in. Film-Slides as well For the sake of economy those who own a motor car can as the old J in. size. dispense with the battery, which is supplied with Model A 1, using their own 3-cell or 6-cell motor battery. This Lantern FILM-SLIDES. is just as efficient but smaller and lighter and less expensive 5 15 8 To obtain the best results, see that these are of the new standard 1 in- size, as these will show a larger picture without diminution of light. Do Models " B ' and " C are for use where Electric Light is obtainable. not choose long Films with a large number of Slides on each. The later and The New MODEL "DE LUXE" better method is to use short Films only, and where there are more than about fifty Slides, have them on two short Reels instead of one long one. B.—" Universal" Electric Film-Slide Lantern, Model B. We supply them at the same price, whether on one Reel or two, but a long This is the most efficient of all, giving fully three times as one is far more trouble to handle and to wind up, and wears out more quickly. much light as Models A 1 and A3, so a much larger and It is more liable to damage, and if injured costs more to replace. brighter picture can be shown by it, but it can only be used where electric current is avail(43e. It works equally We have now so simplified matters that to remove one Reel from the well on any current, A.C. or ^.C.A(rom 100 to 200 volts. Lantern and put in another only takes a few seconds, so there is no disadvantage Complete in Cabinet Case ^.. «f? .. .. .. 880 in changing the Reel during an exhibition. Do not be misled into cutting-up the Film and using the Slides separately, as is sometimes advocated ; this is to go back to the bad old days when The New^'j4©ME MODEL" ordinary Lantern Slides had each to be in a separate frame—a cause of endless trouble. But if you wish your Slides to appear in a different order, have ( .—" Universal " ElectricTFilffi-Slide Lantern, Model C. a fresh Reel made in any order you like ; you will find this far better, and This also can only be uSed wl5ere electric current is available, usually it will cost less. This is one of the great advantages of the Film- and is intended for use incases where efficiency is required, Slide system, that the Slides are so cheap. but where the cost has tgSBe kept as low as possible. With this Lantern it is necessary to state the voltage of the current with which it is to be used. Complete .. .. 4 14 6 Full details of all the above Lanterns will be sent on application. 3 SCIENCE FILM-SLIDES MODERN ASTRONOMY On Non-flammable Film The discoveries of recent years have so revolutionized the Science of Astronomy that all previous Lectures and Text-books are hopelessly out of Now ready, or in course of preparation, for use with date. The following six Sets of New Film-Slides have been published with the assistance of the Rev. T. E. R. Phillips, M.A., late President of the Royal "Universal" Film-Slide Lanterns Astronomical Society, to illustrate a complete Course of Six New Lectures written by him, which contain a clear and succinct résumé of the astronomical knowledge of to-day. They are illustrated by many recent copyright photo- graphs from the most famous Observatories in the world. (~\WING to the low cost of the Slides, and their freedom from breakage, ^ as well as the simplicity and' portability of the Lanterns, and the Film-Reel No. 8. d. 1. From the Ancients to Einstein. With printed Lecture general economy of the system, Film-Slides are likely to be far more generally containing a short but very clear and simple account of employed now that this method of illustrating Lectures and Talks is becoming Einstein's Theory of Relativity .. .. .. 7 0 better known. 2. The Solar System, or Members of the Sun's family, with The present List contains the New Film-Reels we have already pub- printed Lecture .. .. .. " -. 7 0 lished, and those in course of preparation ; others will be added as required. 3. The Solar System. The Moon and the Sun, with printed We base the prices on Id. (one penny) per slide, and a number of them Lecture .. .. .. .. .. 7 0 are supplied at this price, or even less, but in many cases, the best pictures 4. The Nature of the Stars, with printed Lecture 7 0 on a subject are copyright, and are only available on payment of a royalty 5. Diffuse and Gaseous Nebulae, and the Distance of the to the owner ; and, as we always want to use the best pictures obtainable, Stars, with printed Lecture .. .. .. 7 0 we pay the royalty and have to charge rather more for the Film-Slides, but 6. The Structure of the Universe, with printed Lecture .. 7 0 we consider this preferable to supplying inferior pictures. Purchasers may Complete Set of the above Six Reels on Modern Astronomy, rest assured that in every case we have made the necessary arrangements, with printed Lectures, 37s. 6d. and paid the royalties due ; so that by paying the prices in our List, they obtain the right of exhibiting the Copyright films in public and in private ; 10 & About the Moon, 60 Slides, in 2 Reels with printed and have a right ako to a copy of the printed Lecture, or Reading, which 11.