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What was Louis Le Prince known for inventing?

  • An early motion-picture camera

  • The telephone

  • The lightbulb

  • The typewriter

Answer

Louis Le Prince was a French inventor who is credited with building the first practical single-lens motion picture camera. His first public demonstration of the device was in 1888, and he is believed to have created the first-ever motion picture, a short clip of his family walking along the banks of the River Seine in Leeds, England.
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