kinetoscope
noun
an early motion-picture device, invented by Edison, in which the film passed behind a peephole for viewing by a single viewer.
kinetoscopic
-
a word derived from
kinetoscope.
Example Sentences
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For the record, Edison's patent for a kinetoscopic camera was issued on Aug. 24, 1891, Friese-Greene's on June 21, 1889.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the playing began a beautiful panorama unfolded before him—the regular notes in the music enhancing the beauty, and changes in the scenes, which he described as a most wonderful kinetoscopic display.
From The Silent Bullet by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
The action raced like an overtimed kinetoscopic film.
From A Man to His Mate by Stockton Mulford
His formulas are like stereoscopic or kinetoscopic photographs seen outside the instrument; they lack the depth, the motion, the vitality.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James
It is kinetoscopic, first of all, in its lifelikeness and the convincing reality of the actions it pictures.
From An Anarchist Woman by Hutchins Hapgood
