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Kammatograph
The Kammatograph was a system for motion pictures patented in 1898 in the UK by Leonard Ulrich Kamm and marketed to the general public from 1900. It used a circular glass plate rather than a spool of film for the images. Inventor Leo (Leonard) Ulrich Kamm (born 1861) invented and patented the Kammatograph system for moving pictures. It was one of the products of his company, Kamm and Co that he had founded in 1892 to manufacture electrical goods and camera equipment. He used patents to protect his intellectual property. He was granted a British patent on 3 December 1898 for "Improvements in apparatus for photographing and exhibiting cinematographic pictures" that describes the Kammatograph. Technical aspects A kammatograph was made of Spanish mahogany, aluminium, and gun metal, was 14 x 13.5 x 3.5 inches (35.5 x 34.3 x 8.9 cm) in size and weighed about 8 lbs (3.6 kg). The photographic images were arranged on a 12 inch (30.5 cm) glass disc in a spiral, providi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henderina Scott
Henderina Victoria Scott (18 July 1862 – 18 January 1929) was an English botanist who pioneered time-lapse photography of plants. Early life and education She was born Henderina Victoria Klaassen in Brixton in the Surrey outskirts of London in 1862. Her father, Hendericus M. Klaassen, had emigrated from Hanover, Germany and was a successful businessman. In later life he became enthusiastic about science, especially geology, and his daughters Henderina and Helen were interested in science from childhood. While studying botany at the Royal College of Science in 1886 she got to know one of the lecturing staff, Dukinfield Henry Scott, who gave advanced classes in botany at the Kew Gardens#Jodrell Laboratory, Jodrell Laboratory, Kew. They married in 1887 and she assisted his career as well as conducting her own botanical research. She did not hold an academic post. Research Scott assisted her husband with his research. For example, she catalogued and indexed his collections of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Norman Lascelles Davidson
Captain William Norman Lascelles Davidson (c.1871 – 31 January 1935) was an English soldier who was an early experimenter in color cinematography. Davidson was born in Notting Hill, London''1911 England Census'' to Col. Alfred Augustus Davidson of the British Indian Army. He himself because Captain of the 4th Battalion of the Kings Liverpool Regiment. Between 1898 and 1906, Davidson spent around £3,000 trying to create a workable natural-color motion picture system. Although his work was unsuccessful, he influenced George Albert Smith George Albert Smith Sr. (April 4, 1870 – April 4, 1951) was an American religious leader who served as the eighth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Early life Born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territor ... who developed the color process, known as Kinemacolor. References English cinematographers 1870s births 1935 deaths Year of birth uncertain {{Cinematographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Jumeaux
Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thirteenth child and twelfth and youngest son) in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He was also the progenitor of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. Unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan according to biblical narrative. In the Samaritan Pentateuch, Benjamin's name appears as "Binyamēm" (Samaritan Hebrew: , "son of days"). In the Quran, Benjamin is referred to as a righteous young child, who remained with Jacob when the older brothers plotted against Joseph. Later rabbinic traditions name him as one of four ancient Israelites who died without sin, the other three being Chileab, Jesse and Amram. Name The name is first mentioned in letters from King Sîn-kāšid of Uruk (1801–1771 BC), who called himsel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinemacolor
Kinemacolor was the first successful colour motion picture process, used commercially from 1908 to 1914. It was invented by George Albert Smith in 1906. He was influenced by the work of William Norman Lascelles Davidson and, more directly, Edward Raymond Turner. It was launched by Charles Urban's Urban Trading Co. of London in 1908. From 1909 on, the process was known and trademarked as Kinemacolor. It was a two-colour additive colour process, photographing and projecting a black-and-white film behind alternating red and green filters. Process "How to Make and Operate Moving Pictures" published by Funk & Wagnalls in 1917 notes the following: Premiere The first motion picture exhibited in Kinemacolor was an eight-minute short filmed in Brighton titled ''A Visit to the Seaside'', which was trade shown in September 1908. On 26 February 1909, the general public first saw Kinemacolor in a programme of twenty-one short films shown at the Palace Theatre in London. The proce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
