The Kinetosoope.

Manawatu Herald, 6 October 1896, Page 3

The Kinetosoope.

It has epme and many have seen lit, but all ought to. A peep into the show reveals facts better than any statement, and, fortunately, the invention comes in our own times, instead of years ago when hunting witches was a popular amusement of an afternoon. If Mr Edison had shown his invention in those days he and his machines would have been excommunicated by "bell, book and candle" and the people would have remained in ignorance of the brain that has conceived and carried out an idea to suoh wonder* 'ful accuracy. Any attempt of ours to explain the working must needs be insufficient to enable a reader to grasp the result achieved, but very roughly speaking the Kinetescope appears to be the outcome of a child's toy, in the days when we were a child, alas, " a many years ago." This was but a little bit of cardboard, on one side of whioh was drawn a horse and on the other side a man, which by the quick twisting of cotton attached to the two ends of the card, created a quick revolving so as to make the cardboard represent the man actually riding the horse. In a finer degree is the picture produoed in the Einetoscope as by the immense speed the pictures, which have been taken also at a great speed to catch the every varying motion of the performers, said to be at the rate of 46 a second, the view placed before the spectator is as natural as it is possible to conceive. There are two views on exhibition — one, a scene from a pantomine, and the other a dance scene, with a phonograph giving the music of the tune danced to. On Saturday evening and last night Mr Whitehouse did a very good business, but as this invention is quite a novelty, and one of the most wonderful, everyone should make a point of having a peep themselves and letting their children have one. It will be money well spent. Mr Whitehouse informs us that to-morrow is his last day of showing here.