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
Source: WordNetThe phonograph and kinetoscope may some day seize and perpetuate all save the magnetic touch, but that weird, illusive, indefinable yet wonderfully real power by which the orator subdues may never be caught by science or preserved for the cruel dissecting knife of the critic. David Josiah Brewer
Dickson and his team at the Edison lab then worked on the development of the Kinetoscope for several years. Source: Internet
Each of the six one-minute rounds recorded by the Kinetoscope was made available to exhibitors for $22.50. Source: Internet
Next at 3:15 p.m. is Library of Congress film expert George Willeman’s presentation on the Edison Kinetoscope, including early sound-movie experiments dating back to 1913. Source: Internet
In 1909, tests showed cellulose diacetate to be a viable replacement base, and Kodak began selling acetate-base films the following year in 22 mm widths for Edison's work on the Home Kinetoscope, which was commercially released in 1912. Source: Internet
Morris states that Edison wholesaled the Kinetoscope at $200 per machine; in fact, as described below, $250 seems to have been the most common figure at first. Source: Internet