Vitascope

OBJECT TYPE: Projector
MANUFACTURER: Armat, Thomas
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: United States
OBJECT NAME VARIATIONS:
  Phantascope
  Edison Vitascope
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1895
PRODUCTION DATES: 1895-
PATENT DATE: May 28, 1895 (filed)
IMAGE SIZE: 18 x 24 mm
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: film, silent

NOTES:
  First U.S.A. apparatus designed for projecting Edison films (35mm).
  Uses beater intermittent consisting of a bar attached to a circular
  cam. As the cam rotates, the bar comes into contact with the film,
  moving it the the next frame. No shutter used in the mechanism.
  Originally designed by C. Francis Jenkins in March 1895, then
  negotiated by his ex-partner with Raff & Gammon, and renamed "Edison
  Vitascope". Ex-partner Thomas Armat also claimed responsibility for
  inventing Vitascope.
  Dimensions: 32.5cm H X 28.8cm W X 16.3cm L

MATERIAL VIEWED/PROJECTED: film

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: A7273.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Coe, Brian. --The History of Movie Photography.-- Eastview Editions, 1981. 66-68.//