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vitascope U.S.|ˈvaɪtəskəʊp|
[f. L. vīta life + -scope.]
A variety of kinematograph.
1896Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 4 Apr. 1/2 The vitascope throws upon a screen by means of bright lights and powerful lenses the moving life size figures of human beings and animals. 1896N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 380 As yet, vitascope exhibitions are confined to episodes lasting from two to five minutes. 1897Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 180 In some forms of apparatus, such as the vitascope,..the shutter is omitted. |