The kinetoscope was a device developed by Thomas Edison that allowed individual viewers to watch short motion pictures through a peephole viewer. It worked by conveying a strip of film with sequential images past the viewer, creating the illusion of movement similar to a flip book. Inspired by Eadweard Muybridge's work with sequential photography, Edison announced his plans in 1888 to create a device that would do "for the Eye what the phonograph does for the Ear". He went on to develop the kinetoscope, which introduced the basic approach of film projection that became the standard, although it was not itself a movie projector.

1. The Kinetoscope

2. kineto- ("movement") and scopos ("to view")
The kinetoscope was a large box that people would look into and view motion picture. It wasn’t a
movie projector but introduced the basic approach that would become the standard for film
projection. It created the illusion of movement by conveying a strip of perforated film with
sequential images on it. Much like when drawings move in a flip book.
Edison was inspired to make the kinetoscope when he met
Eadweard Muybridge. In 1888 in orange new jersey, Edison attended
One of Muybridge’s lectures after in October 1888, Edison filed
a preliminary claim, known as a caveat, with the U.S. Patent Office
announcing his plans to create a device that would do "for the Eye
what the phonograph does for the Ear".

3. Eadweard Muybridge. In 1888 in orange new jersey, Edison attended
One of Muybridge’s lectures after in October 1888, Edison filed
a preliminary claim, known as a caveat, with the U.S. Patent Office
announcing his plans to create a device that would do "for the Eye
what the phonograph does for the Ear".

4. Thomas Edison
The man credited for this amazing invention is Thomas Edison. He decided to
come up with this incredible idea of having moving pictures with out sound.
This was done by august 31,1897. most of his made films would get destroyed
simply because of the films nitrate, however Edison was clever enough to
make paper copies of the individual frames in which he called contact prints.

5. This all started when Eadweard Muybridge , a very successful man in projecting series
of imagines in successive phases of movement decided to visit the inventor. This visit
stimulated and boosted Thomas ambition of inventing a motion picture camera.
Eadweard Muybridge put up a good offer in which it stated the bought should
combine their ideas the “Zoopraxiscope and phonograph” and work together to make
a motion picture camera. Edsion realising that Muybridge Zoopraxiscope was not a
very practical or efficient way of recording motion, he did not buy the idea and did not
go with the partnership. He decided to take on this challenge all alone.