Kinetoscope
[kai'ni:tәskәup]
Definition
(noun.) a device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter; precursor of the modern motion picture.
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Examples
- The phonograph is his achievement, and the practical development of the kinetoscope. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Edison’s Kinetoscope is covered by patent No. 493,426, March 14, 1893, and his instrument known as the Vitascope, is one of those used for projecting the views upon a screen. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The kinetoscope is only a small model illustrating the present stage of the progress, but with each succeeding month new possibilities are brought into view. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The reproducing machine, or, as it is called in practice, the Projecting Kinetoscope, is quite similar so far as its general operations in handling the film are concerned. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Another of the industries at the Orange works is the manufacture of projecting kinetoscopes, by means of which the motion pictures are shown. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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