Living pictures; their history, photoproduction and practical working. With a digest of British patents and annotated bibliography (1899)

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CHBONO-PHOTOGllAFHY. 7& the point of view of mechanical accuracy it was a marvel. In many of its mechanical details, however, Mr. Edison's perfected Kinetoscope was unique, and a short description of the apparatus, considered as a whole, will serve as a basis for their elucidation. The mechanism was contained in a cabinet furnished with Fig. 75. an inspection opening at the top, as seen in Fig. 75. This cabinet was divided into three compartments, the one above extending over the whole width of the case and containing the essential mechanism, the other two divisions each occupying one-half of the lower portion. One side, shown in the drawing, contained a spool- bank accommodating an endless film, while the other