Report of the Theater Engineering Committee

This is an account of the work of the several sub-committees of the Theater Engineering Committee during the past two years. The report of the Sub-Committee on Projection Practice embodies a preliminary study of safety factors in projection rooms, specifically with reference to the use of hand-operated fire extinguishers. — The report of the Sub-Committee on Theater Design includes a preliminary study of the basic shapes of theaters and advantageous seating zones, including a report on a study of these factors made in the Surrey Theater in New York. — A report of the Sub-Committee on Screen Brightness deals with proposed specifications for meters for measuring incident and reflected screen light in theaters, and the efforts of the Committee to encourage the manufacture of such instruments for the industry.

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1942-01
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10.5594/J09939
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