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mutoscope
(redirected from Kinora)

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Mu´to`scope
n.1.A simple form of moving-picture machine in which the series of views, exhibiting the successive phases of a scene, are printed on paper and mounted around the periphery of a wheel. The rotation of the wheel brings them rapidly into sight, one after another, and the blended effect gives a semblance of motion.

mutoscope
an instrument for recording and reproducing the illusion of motion by means of a series of photographs.
See also: Instruments, Photography


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From an 18th century Kinora - a motion picture for the home where a wheel is rotated by a handle and the pictures when viewed through a lens give the illusion of motion - to Praxinoscope, Zoetropes and other objects operating on similar principle demonstrate early attempts at animation.
One hundred years ago the latest home entertainment technology was provided by Kinora Viewers.
 
 
 
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