Kinetoscope

Kinetoscope History

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  • The Phenakistoscope

    The Phenakistoscope

    Joseph Plateau and sons introduce the Phenakistoscope. Like the Phenakistoscope was one of the more successful illusion toys. Pictures on one disc viewed through slots in the other, appeared to move when the two were spun and viewed in a mirror. The Kinetoscope was a later and more modern version of the Phenakistoscope.
  • Edison puts in for a patent

    Edison puts in for a patent

    On October 17, 1888, Edison put in for a patent to invent the kinetoscope.
  • William Dickson was given the job of inventing the kinetoscope because he was a photographer

    William Dickson was given the job of inventing the kinetoscope because he was a photographer

    His assistant, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, was given the job of inventing the kinetoscope in June 1889 (this could be because he was a photographer
  • The Kinetoscope is brought into the public

    The Kinetoscope is brought into the public