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What device did Muybridge invent for projecting motion pictures?

  • Zoopraxiscope

  • Cinematograph

  • Kinetoscope

  • Phantoscope

Answer

Eadweard Muybridge invented the zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting painted motion pictures from glass discs. This invention predated the flexible perforated film strip used in cinematography.
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