Thomas Edison receives patent for the Kinetoscope

Thomas Edison receives patent for the Kinetoscope

12 years ago By Lee Sutton
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Thomas Edison receives a patent on his Kinetoscope, a device that allows users to view movies inside the machine. 

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1897
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