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were encouraged think that images could manipulated to
show movement. The
basis this invention was the cylinder format which the
rapid movement many small photographs per second gave the
illusion movement. Brown was mechanic who had worked with
Dickson the ore milling lab Building and obtained
Edison's permission join Dickson the Photography Room. The cylinder format had the
disadvantages requiring very small image (impractical with
the primitive film then available) and focusing curved
plane which produced images with fuzzy surround.
Many problems had solved before commercial machine
could contemplated. Little
progress had been made achieving the intermittent motion
which was the vital mechanical element the machine. The series pictures were photographed
on the cylinder "in the same manner sound recorded the
phonograph.A." The viewer looked through microscope device
to see the moving pictures and listened the accompanying
sound track through listening tubes attached phonograph. shop order was opened for the project
in February 1889 and later that year special studio was
constructed next Building Dickson and assistant, C.
Brown, also worked behind locked door room the main
laboratory building. ^
Dickson was later assisted several other mechanics and
.
In 1889 the kinetograph experiments moved out the
realm speculation. caveat was filed October for "Moving
View" apparatus which could recreate things motion
