Kinetoscope

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cinema apparatus early film technology motion picture exhibition device

The Kinetoscope was an early motion picture exhibition device that allowed a single viewer to watch short films through a peephole, pioneering the commercial development of cinema in the 1890s.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cinema apparatus → early film technology → motion picture exhibition device →
category	Edison inventions → History of cinema →
coinType	nickel →
coInventor	William Kennedy Laurie Dickson →
commercialModel	Kinetoscope parlor →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
developedBy	Edison Manufacturing Company →
displayType	peephole viewer →
distributionRegion	Europe → United States →
era	1890s →
exhibitedContentType	actualities → boxing matches → comic scenes → vaudeville acts →
filmDirection	vertical feed →
filmLoopConfiguration	endless loop →
filmPerforationType	Edison standard perforations →
filmTransportMechanism	continuous movement →
firstCommercialParlorLocation	New York City →
firstCommercialParlorOpeningYear	1894 →
firstPublicExhibitionLocation	Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences →
illuminationSource	electric lamp →
influenced	development of movie theaters → early film production practices →
inspiredBy	Eadweard Muybridge’s motion studies →
inventor	Thomas Edison →
materialUsed	wooden cabinet →
medium	35 mm film →
notableFor	individual film viewing experience → pioneering commercial cinema →
operatedBy	coin insertion →
patentCountry	United States →
patentFiledBy	Thomas Edison →
patentYear	1891 →
primaryUse	commercial film exhibition → entertainment →
relatedDevice	Kinetograph → Vitascope →
successor	projected cinema →
supersededBy	film projector →
typicalFilmLength	short films →
typicalRunningTime	under one minute →
viewingInterface	magnifying lens peephole →
viewingMode	single viewer →
yearOfCommercialIntroduction	1894 →
yearOfFirstPublicDemonstration	1893 →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Thomas Alva Edison → William Kennedy Laurie Dickson →	notableWork
Edison Laboratory →	associatedWith
Kinetoscope ("Kinetoscope parlor") →	commercialModel
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson ("Edison Kinetoscope viewing machine") →	designed
Edison Manufacturing Company ("Kinetoscope films") →	product
Kinetograph →	relatedTo
Edison Manufacturing Company →	usedTechnology