0 an object containing a very small hole through which a person watched a film in the early days of film:
The kinetoscope was a forerunner of the modern film projector.
Only one person at a time could view a film through a kinetoscope.
In 1894, kinetoscopes were put in amusement arcades and hotel lobbies.
Thomas Edison developed the kinetoscope, a wooden case with a peephole for viewing.
Sam Warner discovered the Edison Kinetoscope and began working as a projectionist.
Patrons paid 25 cents as the admission charge to view films in five kinetoscope machines placed in two rows.
Kinetoscope owners were also offered kits with which to retrofit their equipment.
The ingenious inventor's latest toy is a projection of his kinetoscope figures in stereopticon fashion on a white screen in a darkened hall.
