J. B. Colt Company Explained

The J. B. Colt Company was a producer of lamps and acetylene products based in New York City, headed by James Bennett Colt and in operation from 1891 to 1911.^[1] Among its products was the Colt Acetylene Flash Lantern used by the American military.

The company was acquired by its competitor, the Acetylene Apparatus Company of Chicago, in 1911.^[2]

A former Colt employee (1894-1896), Edwin J. Hadley, went on to invent cinema equipment, including a 1904 device to reduce image flicker.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Long. Elias A.. Pearce B. Bland. Acetylene Journal: Devoted to Acetylene Lighting and Kindred Topics .... 1922. Acetylene journal Publishing Company. 613–.
2. Book: Ebbe Almqvist. History of Industrial Gases. 2003. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-1-4615-0197-8. 344–.
3. Book: Gary D. Rhodes. The Perils of Moviegoing in America: 1896-1950. 24 November 2011. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-1-4411-8865-6. 77–.
4. Book: Charles Musser. Carol Nelson. High-Class Moving Pictures: Lyman H. Howe and the Forgotten Era of Traveling Exhibition, 1880-1920. 8 March 2015. Princeton University Press. 978-1-4008-7272-5. 52–.