GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INVENTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who created the motion picture camera?
A
Alexander Graham Bell
B
Henry Bessemer
C
Thomas Edison
D
Henry Ford
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Edison’s laboratory was responsible for the invention of the Kinetograph (a motion picture camera) and the Kinetoscope (a peep-hole motion picture viewer). Most of this work was performed by Edison’s assistant, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, beginning in 1888.

Detailed explanation-2: -Seeking to provide a visual accompaniment to the phonograph, Edison commissioned Dickson, a young laboratory assistant, to invent a motion-picture camera in 1888. Building upon the work of Muybridge and Marey, Dickson combined the two final essentials of motion-picture recording and viewing technology.

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