Kinetoscope

OBJECT TYPE: Viewer
MANUFACTURER: Edison Manufacturing Co.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NJ, West Orange
OBJECT NAME VARIATIONS:
  Edison Kinetoscope
  Peep-Show Kinetoscope
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1894
PATENT DATE: Aug 24, 1891 (filed)
IMAGE SIZE: 18 x 24 mm x ~42ft
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: ~1000
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: film, silent

NOTES:
  Oak bodied Kinetoscope, with floral design on side;
  2 plaques on top: "Edison Kinetoscope manufactured by Edison Mfg. Co.,
  Orange, N.J. USA No. 1026" and "Patent Applied For".
  Parlor motion picture viewer for continuous 42 feet of "standard" 35mm
  film; rheostat varies running speed varies between 18 and 36 frames
  per second. Rotating disc shutter with slit provides intermittent.
  Shutter is 11½ inches in diameter with 1/8 inch slot.
  Dimensions: 120.8cmH X 45.3cmW X 68.1cmL.
  Viewing lens (peephole): 13.8cm X 10.0cm X 10cm.
  .
  Designed by Edison's assistant, W.K.L. Dickson.
  Kinetoscope in GEH collection is most complete example known.

MATERIAL VIEWED/PROJECTED: film

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: T4522.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Coe, Brian. --The History of Movie Photography.-- Eastview Editions, 1981. 60-67.//