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William K.L. Dickson (1860–1935)
Born in France to British parents, William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson stayed in that country until age 19, when he, his mother and sisters (their father had died sometime before) returned to Great Britain. Once there, Dickson--in an early indication of his lifelong fascination with science and mechanics--began a correspondence with Thomas A. Edison in...
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Died:(age 75) in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK |
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1902
Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra: Procession from the Abbey
(Documentary short)
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Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra: Procession to the Abbey
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1898
Menai Bridge, the Day Irish Mail from Euston Entering the Tubular Bridge Over the Menai Straits
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Book; with Antonia Dickson: "History of the Kinetograph, Kinetoscope and Kinetophonograph". Facsimile of the 1895 edition. Manchester, NH: Ayer Company Publishers. ISBN 0405016115 See more »Alternate Names:
W.K.L. Dickson | William Kennedy Laurie Dickson | William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson | William Dickson | William Kenedy Laurie-DicksonHeight:
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Invented the Kinetoscope with Eugène Lauste. A precursor to the modern television, it was capable of providing moving images in playback, along with rubber ear tubes to provide synchronized sound. It worked by synchronizing sound and images (roughly) with a mechanical belt, but due to belt slippage, the machine failed in it's task more often than it succeeded. See more »Star Sign:
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