Maltese cross

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In motion-picture technology: Projection technology and theatre design
…mechanism is still the four-slot Maltese cross introduced in the 1890s. The Maltese cross provides the intermittent Geneva movement that stops each frame of the continuously moving film in front of the picture aperture, where it can be projected (or, in a camera, exposed). The movement starts with a continuously…
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