Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope

Edison's Kinetoscope was used to record and project objects in motion. In October of 1888 he filed a caveat with the Patents Office. In this caveat Edison described the Kinetoscope as a device which would "do for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear". Edison used the Greek words "kineto" meaning "movement" and "scopos" meaning "to watch" to name it the Kinetoscope. One major problem of the Kinetoscope was that good film was not available for it. In 1893 a man by the name of Eastman Kodak began supplying film that made it possible for for Edison to up production of newer and better motion pictures. With the Kinetoscope Edison was able to make motion pictures which the common person could come see. Today movies are a big form of entertainment.

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