First described in conceptual terms by U.S. inventor Thomas Edison in 1888, it was largely developed by his employee William Kennedy Laurie Dickson between 1889 and 1892.

Kinetoscope, forerunner of the motion-picture film projector, invented by Thomas A. Edison and William Dickson of the United States in 1891. In it, a strip of film was passed rapidly between a lens and an electric light bulb while the viewer peered through a peephole.

Edison called the invention a "Kinetoscope," using the Greek words "kineto" meaning "movement" and "scopos" meaning "to watch." Edison and his Orange Laboratory staff, in The Life and Inventions of Thomas Alva Edison, by W.K.L. Dickson and Antonia Dickson, p. 285.

Edison's laboratory was responsible for the invention of the Kinetograph (a motion picture camera) and the Kinetoscope (a peep-hole motion picture viewer). Most of this work was performed by Edison's assistant, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, beginning in 1888.

2018年6月8日 · History of the kinetograph, kinetoscope, & kinetophonograph by Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935

2006年1月10日 · On December 13, 1894, the Kinetoscope -- the latest wonder from famed inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931) -- makes its Seattle debut in a storefront on the Occidental Block, at the corner of 2nd Avenue and James Street.

In 1894 Thomas Edison of Menlo Park (now Edison), New Jersey formally introduced the Kinetograph, the first practical moving picture camera, and the Kinetoscope, a hand-cranked, single-viewer, lighted box to display the resulting films. This group of inventions was for the most part developed by Edison's employee, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson.

The Kinetoscope was an early motion picture exhibition device, and the first to utilize sequential images printed on a strip of perforated, flexible, photographic film driven by sprockets and an intermittent movement.

2023年2月24日 · The Kinetoscope was the brainchild of American inventor Thomas Edison, who first described it in 1888. However, it was Edison's employee William Kennedy Laurie Dickson who largely developed it between 1889 and 1892, along with the Kinetograph, a motion picture camera with rapid intermittent film movement.

The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device invented by Thomas Edison and his assistant, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, in the late 19th century. It was designed for individual viewing, showcasing short films through a peephole viewer, and became one of the first steps in the evolution of cinema.