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Från: thoth64024 <thoth64024@...>
Till: steampunk@yahoogroups.com <steampunk@yahoogroups.com>
Datum: den 14 mars 2002 01:08
Ämne: [steampunk] Re: Kinoscope


>Go here for a good archeology of cinema:
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>http://www.heise.de/tp/english/special/film/6110/2.html
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>Thaumatrope:
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>'...in which a disk with two different images painted on each face
>was rapidly rotated by twirling a strings attached to it...'
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>http://www.heise.de/tp/english/special/film/6110/2.html
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>Zootrope:
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>Zoopraxiscope:
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>'...invented by British photographer Eadweard Muybridge and first
>shown in 1879, was a primitive motion picture device that worked by
>showing a sequence of still photographs in rapid succession...'
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>http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci214340,00.html
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>(often confused for a 'zootrope'. The zoopraxiscope arranges the
>images on the outiside of a flat disc; a zootrop arranges them on the
>perimeter of a circle, and is usually viewed through a peephole or
>slit. More people are probably familiar with a zootrope.)
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>KinEscope:
>'Kinescopes are usually created by placing a motion picture camera in
>front of a television monitor and recording the image off the
>monitor's screen while the program is being aired. This recording
>method came into wide use around 1947'
>
>from
>http://www.mbcnet.org/archives/etv/K/htmlK/kinescope/kinescope.htm
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>KinOscope:
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>'Definition for: Zworykin, Vladimir K.
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>A Russian-born American (1889-1982) who is called the father of
>television.He patented the iconoscope, predecessor of the television
>camera, and the kinoscope, which became the television tube. He
>demonstrated the first practical model of a television in 1938.'
>
>from http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/definition.html?
>lookup=6036
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>Kinetoscope:
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>'Edison's Kinetoscope (1892-1896), the first modern cinematic machine
>to employ film, continued to arrange images in a loop. 50 feet of
>film translated to an approximately 20 second long presentation ...'
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>http://www.heise.de/tp/english/special/film/6110/2.html
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>Kinetomatic Screen:
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>'The kinetomatic screen, or K-screen, is composed of thousands of
>celluloid squares mounted on spindles; when commanded by a
>controlling mechanism, they can flip between different colored sides
>up to five times a second. Thus they can serve as a display for an
>analytical engine or other device.'
>
>from GURPS Steamtech, page 68
>http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/steamtech
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>This may have been as inspired by Gibson and Sterlings 'kinotrope'
>shows. A good example is the 'wooden mirror' in the link posted
>earlier. In THE DIFFERENCE ENGINCE, kinotrope operators are
>coined 'clackers' because of the clacking sound made by the screen.
>Engine programmers may also have been called this because of the
>clacking of the analytical engines. For an example of this, check
>out the quicktimes in the wooden mirror site
>http://fargo.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~danny/mirror.html
>
>I believe I spotted an engine with a small k-screen in a trailer for
>THE TIME MACHINE. I could not find anything historical about such a
>device, though. A search for 'kinotrope' just brought up a Japanese
>company of that name. I found all this info online in about 10
>minutes (except for the GURPS excerpt- I own the book). Maybe
>someone can dig something up with a more lengthly/thorough search.
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>Hope this clears some things up :)
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