Thomas Edison

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Sources

1. WebsiteThomas Edison
2. ArchivalImprovement in Phonograph or Speaking Machines, US Patent 200,521

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founded:

• Motion Picture Patents Companysince 1908

  Sources: The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907, Film History: An Introduction

invented:

• Kinetoscope

  Sources: The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907, Film History: An Introduction

• Phonograph

  Sources: Improvement in Phonograph or Speaking Machines, US Patent 200,521, History of the Cylinder Phonograph

• Phonograph cylinder

  Sources: History of the Cylinder Phonograph, Cylinder Recordings: A Primer

Appears in6 items

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  A History of Film1 item
  • 
    First Kinetoscope parlour opens · inventor14 Apr 1894
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  Recorded Sound5 items
  • Charles Cros seals his idea in an envelope30 Apr 1877
  • Edison’s tinfoil phonographDec 1877
  • 
    Bell and Tainter’s graphophone4 May 1886
  • 
    Cylinders1889
  • A nickel in the slot23 Nov 1889