Picture ribbons: an exposition of the methods and apparatus employed in the manufacture of the picture ribbons used in projecting lanterns to give the appearance of objects in motion

Jenkins, C. Francis

[Press of H. L. McQueen] 1897

5 preliminary leaves, 56 pages frontispiece (portrait) illustrations, plates 22 cm. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Stamped in gold, C. Francis Jenkins, Washington D.C. Restoration to spine. Library book plate. Blind stamps on some of the plates. Scattered hand soiling to margins. Lacking leaf for pages 49 and 50.

Charles Francis Jenkins was an important American pioneer  in cinema and television. He received over 400 patents for his inventions in television and motion pictures.  Jenkins was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2011. Jenkins significantly designed a "motion picture projecting box." Presented by William E. Foster. See: "The development of chronophotography" (p. 1-21)  Photographic times, October, 1896. Ref:  Boni,Photographic Literature, page 47.