Edison’s Experiments on the Roll-Film-Kinetograph

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  • エディスンによるロール・フィルム式キネトグラフの開発
  • エディスン ニ ヨル ロール ・ フィルムシキ キネトグラフ ノ カイハツ

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<p>Thomas Edison, the inventor of the Kinetograph (motion picture camera) and the Kinetoscope (peephole viewer of motion pictures), considered using the roll films as one of the options in 1888, the very beginning of developing these devices. At first, Edison experimented the cylinder-type-device, and at some point, Edison shifted to use the roll-film-type-device. On this change, there is an influential opinion. When Edison visited France in August 1889, he met Étienne-Jules Marey. At that time, Marey used paper-based roll film for his chronophotography, and the idea of using roll film hit Edison for the first time. But Edison and his staff testified at the court that they had already got the celluloid roll film from Eastman and made some experiments before Edison’s visit to Paris, August 1889. And George Eastman testified he send one roll of celluloid film to Edison on 24th August, and he showed the letters to and from William Dickson, the assistant of Edison, during July to October 1889. In this paper, we examine the testimonies of Edison and his staff by researching the newspaper and magazine articles and the existing documents in those days.</p>

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  • eizogaku

    eizogaku 103 (0), 29-53, 2020-01-25

    Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences

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