Kinematoscope

Region: United States    Period: 1850–1890   

Author and amateur photographer Coleman Sellers patented a stereoscope design that is believed to have been the first device capable of displaying moving images in three dimensions, using a sequence of six printed stereoviews. At least one example survives in the collection of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

Patents and registrations:

Number: 31357
Exhibiting stereoscopic pictures of moving objects
Filing: 05-02-1861, Applicant(s): Colemann Sellers. via: worldwide.espacenet.com

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