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n. - 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.

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  • The earliest form of exhibiting apparatus, known as the Kinetoscope, was
  • Instead, they were to be viewed in a machine called the Kinetoscope, which was basically a large cabinet with a viewfinder opening that enabled an individual to watch a...
  • The earliest form of exhibiting apparatus, known as the Kinetoscope, was a machine in which a positive print from the negative obtained in the camera was exhibited...
  • August 31 is the day in 1897 when Thomas Edison patented the first movie projector, the Kinetoscope.
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