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"An instrument which should do for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear..." is what Thomas Edison had in mind when he created the kinetograph (a camera used for photographing motion pictures). History of the Kinetograph, Kinetoscope, and Kinetophotograph is a facsimile edition of the first-ever published history of film written by W.K.L. Dickson and his sister Antonia Dickson more than 100 years ago. The book, acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in 1940, features a foreword by Thomas Edison. Photographs, cover and typesetting are all displayed in their original form. 59 b&w illus. ( Dec.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.