Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 533
theatre with the electriccamera in action. The subjects reproducible in the kinetoscope includethe most rapid movements, such as quick dances, blacksmiths hammeringon an anvil, &c., or incidents of ordinary life involving much gesture andchange of facial expression, and nothing can be more… … Fig. 252.—Portrait of Sir W. Thomson. ELECTRICITY. A BOUT sixty years ago a popular book was published having for its-^^*- theme the advantages which would flow from the general diffusionof scientific knowledge. Great prominence was, of course, given to theutility of science in its direct…
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