Kinematoscope
Sign in to savethumb|Kinematoscope, United States patent law|United States Pa­tent 31357, Coleman Sellers, p. 1 The Kinematoscope (a.k.a. Motoscope) was patented in 1861 (United States Patent 31357), a protean development in the history of cinema. The invention aimed to present the illusion of motion.
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thumb|Kinematoscope, United States patent law|United States Pa­tent 31357, Coleman Sellers, p. 1 The Kinematoscope (a.k.a. Motoscope) was patented in 1861 (United States Patent 31357), a protean development in the history of cinema. The invention aimed to present the illusion of motion.
The patent was filed by Coleman Sellers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as an "improvement in exhibiting stereoscopic pictures". Coleman applied stereoscopy to the existing principle of toy phantasmascopes using rotating discs.
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