[Phono-L] Curious Edison artifact on eBay

[Jim Nichol]

Once again, if only Ray Phillips was computer literate enough to be on  
this list!  He wrote the book on Kinetoscopes (literally!) and makes  
reproductions of them. And most impressive, he has an original  
Bergmann tinfoil machine.

Jim Nichol

On Dec 1, 2008, at 11:20 AM, Andrew Baron wrote:

> What do you all make of this?  The seller describes it as a  
> "peephole device", but the original serial number plate reads  
> "Projecting Kinetiscope".  The cabinet at first glance appears to be  
> home made, but the age of it seems honest; not faked to look old.   
> The external hardware certainly appears to be age-appropriate, and  
> yet the cabinet wood looks like pine or fir, which would be odd for  
> the time.
>
> The mechanism appears intact, but I don't see anything that's  
> obviously involved with projection.  Is this part of a larger  
> affair, or something made from a more complete device to adapt it to  
> a different use?
>
> EDISON KINETOSCOPE CAMERA PHONOGRAPH RARE FILM VIEWER
> 	Item number: 110320165169	
>
> Andy Baron
> Santa Fe
>
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