Practical cinematography and its applications (1913)

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Record Details:

Title:
Practical cinematography and its applications
Date:
1913
Publisher:
Philadelphia, Lippincott
Volume:
Practical cinematography and its applications
Leaf #:
000332
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Gerstein - University of Toronto
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
14
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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NATIONAL LABORATORIES 253 photography is passing through a similar phase. This is largely because of the showman, who is enterprising, and has captured the fort for himself. Probably no other industry has been responsible for the creation of so many million- aires in so short a period, yet there is no industry which can render so great a service to science. It should not be difficult to establish national institutions, on Marey's lines, in every country which has great industrial and commercial interests at stake. So far as Great Britain is concerned it might be attached to the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington. This estab- lishment has an extensive array of scientific apparatus of all descriptions capable of being utilised in conjunction with the moving-picture camera, so that the additional outlay would not be excessive. Not only would it be possible to utilise the invention in connection with existing experiments, but independent and original investi- gation could be undertaken. There are many points of science which can be determined only by moving-pictures. Although Marey covered the ground very completely during his lifetime, as a perusal of "Movement" will show, many new spheres of application have appeared since his time. It is quite possible that if some of his investigations were repeated in the light of