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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

As in stereoscopic or kinetoscopic pictures seen outside the instrument, the third dimension, the movement, the vital element, are not there.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

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 Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

The action raced like an overtimed kinetoscopic film.

From A Man to His Mate by Mulford, Stockton

It is kinetoscopic, first of all, in its lifelikeness and the convincing reality of the actions it pictures.

From An Anarchist Woman by Hapgood, Hutchins