Georges Emile Joseph Demeny. Les Origines du Cinématographe.
Paris, 1909.
CHAPTER XVII
Ramsaye. Lib. cit.
Lucien Bull. La Cinématographie.
Paris, 1928.
Index
- A
- Acres, Birt, [152], [154], [176].
- After-images, [18], [45].
- Aguilon, François d’, [46], [47], [109], [166].
- Ailly, Pierre d’, [26].
- Alberti, Leone Battista, [30], [31], [38], [41], [65], [165].
- Albertus Magnus, St., [32], [164].
- Alhambra Theatre, [153].
- Alhazen, [13], [21–23], [26], [31], [161], [164].
- Alkindi, [164].
- Almeida, [172].
- American Mutoscope (& Biograph) Company, [141], [158].
- Amet, Edwin Hill, [176].
- Angiers, [172].
- Animatograph, [153].
- Anorthoscope, [94], [96].
- Anschütz, Ottomar, [126], [134], [139], [143], [146], [147], [154–156], [174], [176].
- Appleton, [176].
- Archer, Frederick Scott, [112], [116].
- Archimedes, [13], [18–22], [39], [63], [77], [103], [161], [163].
- Aristotle, [13], [17], [18], [21], [22], [32], [64], [161], [163].
- Armat, Thomas, [11], [154–160], [176].
- Arzonis, Pierro de, [40].
- Averroës, [164].
- Avias & Hoffman, [176].
- Avicenna, [164].
- B
- Babbage, Charles, [84], [169].
- Bacon, Roger, [23], [24–28], [32–34], [38], [45], [68], [161], [164].
- Banks, Joseph, [84].
- Barbaro, Daniello, [39], [41], [166].
- Barberini, Francesco Cardinal, [10], [51], [57].
- Baron, Auguste, [176].
- Baxter & Wray, [176].
- Bayard, Hippolyte, [170].
- Beale, Lionel Smith, [172], [173].
- Bedts, Rider de, [176].
- Benedetti, Giovanni Battista, [39–41], [166].
- Bets, [176].
- Bial, Albert, [11]. See also [Koster & Bial’s Music Hall].
- Bio-Phantoscope, [141].
- Biograph, [158].
- Bioscope:
- Demeny’s, [145];
- Duboscq’s, [109];
- Foucauld’s, [172];
- Paul’s, [176].
- Bjerknes, [124].
- “Black Art.” See [Necromancy].
- Blair Company, [153].
- Bliss School of Electricity, [154].
- Boethius, [164].
- Bouly, Léon, [150].
- Bourbouze, [121], [172].
- Boyle, Robert, [167].
- Brahe, Tycho, [43].
- Brewster, David, [83], [169], [171].
- Briggs, Caspar W., [112], [114], [173].
- Brown, Arthur, [120].
- Brown, F., [176].
- Brown, O. B., [112], [113], [172].
- Brun, [176].
- Burning Glasses, [19–21], [63], [65], [103], [163].
- C
- Cagliostro, Alessandro conte di, [76].
- Calotype. See [Talbot calotype process].
- Camera: See also [Camera lucida] and [Camera obscura];
- “battery system” (Muybridge-Isaacs), [120], [122], [126], [127], [173];
- motion picture, [116], [117], [125], [126], [129], [133], [136], [141], [150–153], [155], [157], [158], [174], [175], [176];
- portable, [45], [46], [143], [145], [146], [152], [167], [168];
- with microscope, [145];
- with projector, [142], [143].
- Camera lucida, [30], [38], [39], [65], [167], [169]. See also [Camera].
- Camera obscura, [26], [29–31], [33–45], [53], [73], [107], [165], [166], [170]. See also [Camera].
- Carbutt, John, [133], [174].
- Cardano, Girolamo, [20], [34], [35], [165].
- Carpentier, Jules, [150], [176].
- Case, Theodore, [160].
- Casler, Herman, [157].
- Cave of Font-de-Faune. See [Font-de-Faune, Cave of].
- Cercle de Gymnastique Rationnelle, [125].
- Cesariano, Cesare, [32–34], [165].
- Chales, Claude François Milliet de, [58], [62], [64–66], [68], [69], [167].
- Charles, Jacques Alexandre César, [168].
- Cheri-Rousseau, [176].
- Chevalier, Albert, [159].
- Chicago World’s Fair. See [Expositions].
- Chinese Shadow Plays. See [Shadow Plays].
- Choreutoscope, [173].
- Choreutoscope Tournant, [172].
- Chronophotographe, [143].
- Chronophotography, [116], [126], [174].
- Cinématographe, [150–151], [175].
- Cinematoscope, [154]. See also [Kinematoscope].
- Clarke, E. M., [170].
- Claudet, Antoine François Jean, [110], [111], [171].
- Clement & Gilmer, [176].
- Collegio Romano, [9], [10], [46], [51], [59], [60], [63].
- Color Perception, [88].
- Color Photography, [117], [143], [157].
- Color Printing, [117].
- Color Projection. See [Projection].
- Continsouza, Pierre Victor, [176].
- Cook and Bonelli, [172].
- Cotton States Exposition. See [Expositions].
- Croft, W. C., [139], [175].
- Crookes, [124].
- Cruikshank, George, [81].
- D
- Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé, [106], [109], [141], [170].
- Daguerreotype, [107], [108], [110].
- D’Aguilon, François. See [Aguilon, François d’].
- D’Ailly, Pierre. See [Ailly, Pierre d’].
- Danti, E., [39].
- Da Vinci, Leonardo. See [Vinci, Leonardo da].
- Day, Wilfred, [144].
- Dealers, commercial, [69], [102], [137], [158].
- De Bedts, Rider. See [Bedts, Rider de].
- De Chales, Claude François Milliet. See [Chales, Claude François Milliet de].
- De Forest, Lee, [160].
- Della Porta, Giovanni Battista. See [Porta, Giovanni Battista della].
- Demeny, Georges, [125], [133], [139], [145], [146], [150], [176].
- De Moland, Humbert. See [Moland, Humbert de].
- Desvignes, Pierre Hubert, [171].
- De Valesius, George. See [Valesius, George de].
- Diaphragm, [39].
- Dickson, Antonia, [137].
- Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie, [133], [134], [136], [137], [157], [158], [174].
- Disks: See also [Phénakisticope];
- glass, [128];
- magic, see [Plateau-Stampfer Magic Disks];
- mica, [114];
- Plateau-Stampfer, see [Plateau-Stampfer Magic Disks];
- revolving, see [Revolving Disks];
- zinc shutter, [128].
- Disney, Walt, [14], [153].
- Dom-Martin, [176].
- Donisthorpe, Wordsworth, [130], [131], [139], [140], [146], [148], [152], [173], [175].
- Drumont, [176].
- Dry-plate Photography. See [Photography].
- Duboscq, Jules, [109], [110], [170], [171].
- Du Hauron, Louis Ducos, [117], [118], [172].
- Duhousset, Col., [116].
- Dumont, Thomas Hooman, [171].
- Duval, Mathias, [116], [125].
- E
- Eames, Owen A., [176].
- Eastman, George, [130], [134], [140], [150], [174], [175].
- Edison, Thomas Alva, [12], [61], [102], [126], [128–138], [141], [143], [145], [146], [148], [149], [154], [157–161], [173–175].
- Edgeworth, Maria, [81].
- Eidoloscope, [157].
- Electrical Tachyscope, [127], [134], [139], [154–156], [174].
- English Mirrors. See [Mirrors].
- Euclid, [21], [163].
- Euler, Leonhard, [168].
- Evans, Mortimer, [139], [142], [148], [175].
- Expositions:
- Chicago World’s Fair, [127], [136], [154];
- Cotton States, [155];
- Paris—1889, [128], [134];
- Works of All Nations, [108–110].
- F
- Fantascope, [78], [93], [94], [96], [109], [170]. See also [Phantoscope] and [Phénakisticope].
- Faraday, Michael, [87], [91], [92], [94], [95], [109], [111], [170].
- Film: See also [Eastman] and [Goodwin];
- celluloid, [133], [142], [144], [147], [150], [172], [174];
- on spools or reels, [133], [148];
- painted, [147], [153];
- paper, [126], [132], [140], [174];
- perforated or notched, [133], [134], [145], [150];
- plastic, [134], [142], [150], [153], [157], [174];
- unperforated, [145], [158].
- Fitton, William, [84], [169].
- Flammarion, C., [116].
- Fontaine, [129].
- Font-de-Faune, Cave of, [14].
- Forest, Lee de. See [De Forest, Lee].
- Foucauld, Léon, [172].
- Franklin, Benjamin, [74], [168].
- Friese-Greene, William. See [Greene, William Friese].
- G
- Galen, [164].
- Galileo, [45].
- Gammon. See [Raff] & Gammon.
- Gaumont, Léon, [146], [150].
- Gauthier, [176].
- Geber, [164].
- Geissler, Heinrich, [127].
- Geissler tube. See [Projection Light Sources].
- Georgiades, George, [138], [151].
- Gilmore, W. E., [158].
- Giovio, Benedetto, [33].
- Glass Slides. See [Slides].
- Glasses, Burning. See [Burning Glasses].
- Goodwin, Hannibal Williston, [174], [175].
- Gossart, A., [176].
- Govi, [124].
- Gravesande, Willem Jakob van’s. See [Van’s Gravesande, Willem Jakob].
- Greene, William Friese, [139], [142–144], [148], [175].
- Grey, [176].
- Grimoin-Sanson, Raoul, [176].
- Guinard, Pierre L., [168].
- Gutenberg, [165].
- Guyot, Jean Gilles, [71], [72], [75].
- H
- Hammond’s Teleview, [111].
- Harris, Augustus, [153].
- Harris, John, [167].
- Hauron, Louis Ducos du. See [Du Hauron, Louis Ducos].
- Hauslab, Field Marshall von, [99], [102].
- Heliocinegraphe, [110].
- Heliostat, [167].
- Heliotypes, [169].
- Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von, [124].
- Herschel, John, [84], [169].
- Heyl, Henry Renno, [112–114], [121], [172].
- Holland, Andrew, M., [137].
- Holland Bros., [151].
- Hooke, Robert, [167].
- Hopkins, Alfred, [130].
- Hopwood, Cecil M., [176].
- Horner, William George, [109], [170].
- Howard, F., [176].
- Hoxie, Charles A., [160].
- Hughes, W. C., [176].
- Hunt, Robert, [108].
- Hunter, Rudolph Melville, [156].
- Hyalotype, [108], [171].
- Hyatt Company, [133], [153].
- Hyatt, John Wesley, [172].
- Hydrocarbon Lamp. See [Projection Light Sources].
- I
- Illusion of Motion. See [Motion, Illusion of].
- Illusions, Optical, [63], [73].
- Intermittent Movement. See [Movement, Intermittent].
- Isaacs, John D., [118], [120], [173].
- J
- Jacob, Willem, [144].
- Janssen, Pierre Jules César, [116], [125], [173].
- Janssen, Zachary, [45].
- Japanese Mirrors. See [Mirrors].
- “Jazz Singer, The,” [160].
- Jenkins, C. (Charles) Francis, [155], [156], [176].
- Jennings, W. N., [143].
- “J. M.”, [87], [169].
- Joly, Henri, [176].
- K
- Kaleidophone, [169].
- Kaleidoscope, [53], [83], [169].
- Kaster, Captain, [84].
- Keith’s Theatre, [151].
- Kepler, Johannes, [43–46], [166].
- Kesler, John Stephan, [60].
- Kinematoscope, [112], [114], [172]. See also [Cinematoscope].
- Kineograph, [172].
- Kineopticon, [154].
- Kinesigraph, [131], [139], [173].
- Kinetic Lantern, [154].
- Kinetograph, [130], [133], [135–138], [149], [175].
- Kinetophonograph, [137], [138].
- Kinetoscope, [130], [133], [137], [151], [155], [156], [158], [159], [175].
- Kinetoscope Exhibition Company, [156].
- Kinetoscope Parlor, [137].
- Kingston-on-Thames Museum, [128].
- Kircher, Athanasius, [9–12], [20], [46], [48–80], [85], [101], [102], [104], [161], [166], [171].
- KMCD Syndicate, [157].
- Koopman, E. B., [157].
- Koster & Bial’s Music Hall, [11], [158], [159], [176].
- Kunckelius, J., [68].
- L
- Laing, James, [172].
- Lambda Company, [157].
- Lamposcope, [124], [174].
- Langenheim Brothers, [106–112], [114], [161], [171], [173].
- Langenheim, Frederic, [106–108], [112], [171]. See also [Langenheim Brothers].
- Langenheim, William, [106], [107], [112], [171]. See also [Langenheim Brothers].
- Langenmantel, Jerome, [59], [67].
- Langley, Samuel P., [145].
- Langlois, [172].
- Lanterns. See [Kinetic Lantern], [Magic Lantern], [Megalographica Lantern], and [Thaumaturga Lantern].
- Latham, Grey, [156], [176].
- Latham, Otway, [156], [176].
- Latham, Woodville, [156–158], [176].
- Lauste, Eugène, [157].
- Lee, [172].
- Lenses, [39], [54], [63], [65–67], [69], [70], [75], [100], [101], [108], [112], [141], [144], [155], [166–167].
- Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin, [139], [141], [174].
- Levison, Wallace Goold, [143].
- Libri, Guillaume, [34].
- Liesegang, Paul E., [147].
- Linnett, [172].
- Lucretius, [96], [97], [163].
- Lumière, Auguste, [150], [175].
- Lumière Bros., [149], [150], [175].
- Lumière, Louis, [149], [150], [158], [175].
- M
- Maddox, R. L., [116].
- Madou, [92].
- Magascope, [168].
- Magic Disks. See [Plateau-Stampfer Magic Disks].
- Magic Lantern: [9], [11], [48–69], [84], [98], [107], [108], [136], [147], [150], [166], [171], [173];
- Motion effects: See [Chapters VIII] and [IX].
- Magnifying glass, [15], [163].
- Maguire & Baucus, [176].
- Maltese Cross Gear System, [153], [155], [172].
- Marey, Etienne Jules, [115], [116], [118], [119], [121–129], [133], [134], [137], [139], [143–145], [147], [148], [150], [151], [161], [173–175].
- Mariro, Bruono, [33].
- Marischelle, H., [146].
- Marvin, Henry Norton, [157].
- Mason, Joe, [141].
- Maurolico (Maurolycus), Francesco, [32], [33], [165].
- Maxwell, James Clerk, [173].
- Megalographica Lantern, [67].
- Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest, [123], [128], [174].
- Melies, Georges, [176].
- Mendel, [176].
- Messager, [176].
- Microscope, [15], [25], [32], [67], [168], [172].
- Mirrors: [39], [40], [53], [104], [108], [164];
- English, [16], [17], [163];
- Japanese, [16], [163].
- Mohr, Nicholas, [63].
- Moigno, Abbé François Napoléon Marie, [96], [110], [170].
- Moissant, Charles, [150].
- Moland, Humbert de, [172].
- Molteni, A., [172].
- Molyneux, William, [62], [68], [69], [167].
- Mortier, [176].
- Motion Color Photography, [143].
- Motion, Illusion of, [14], [18], [21], [26], [45], [73], [89–97], [100–114].
- Motion Photography, [116–125], [128], [132], [143], [146], [147].
- Motion Projection: See [Projection].
- Motorscope, [172].
- Movement, Intermittent, [113], [116], [150], [153], [155], [172], [173]. See also [Marey] and [Muybridge].
- Müller, Johann, [170].
- Muggeridge, Edward James: See [Muybridge, Eadweard].
- Multiple Lenses: See [Lenses].
- Musschenbroek, Pieter van, [70–74], [76], [77], [161], [168].
- Mutograph, [157], [158].
- Mutoscope, [157], [158].
- Muybridge, Eadweard, [118–128], [137], [142], [147], [161], [173], [174].
- N
- Natural Camera: See [Camera Obscura].
- Necromancy, [9], [10], [28], [56], [75], [76], [114], [164]. See also [Phantasmagoria].
- Newman & Guardia, [176].
- Newnes, George, [140].
- Newsreel, first, [151].
- Niceron, Jean Pierre, [166].
- Nicholas of Cusa, [165].
- Niepce, Joseph Nicéphore, [169], [170].
- Noakes & Norman, [176].
- Nollet, Abbé, [71], [73], [74], [168].
- O
- Olympia Theatre, [153].
- Optical Illusions: See [Illusions, Optical].
- Ott, Fred, [136], [137].
- Ottway, [176].
- P
- Pantograph, [46].
- Pantoptikon, [157].
- Panuce: See [Papnutio, Benedettano Don].
- Papnutio, Benedettano Don, [33], [34], [165].
- Paris, John Ayrton, [80–84], [161], [169].
- Parnaland, Ambrose Francis, [176].
- Parkes, Alexander, [172].
- Pathé, Charles, [153].
- Paul, Robert William, [151–154], [158], [176].
- Peacock, Thomas Love, [81].
- Peckham, John, [33], [165].
- Peep-show machine, Edison’s, [96], [134], [138], [139], [149], [154], [155].
- Perret & Lacroix, [176].
- Persistence of vision, [18], [21], [22], [38], [80], [82], [83], [85–87], [94], [97], [163], [164], [169].
- Phantasmagoria, [75–79], [114], [152], [168]. See also [Necromancy].
- Phantoscope, [78], [155]. See also [Fantascope].
- Phasmatrope, [113], [114].
- Phénakisticope, [92–94], [96], [97], [109], [170]. See also [Fantascope].
- Phonetic Kaleidoscope, [169].
- Phonograph, [130–132], [140], [146], [154], [159], [173], [174].
- Photo-gun, [116], [122], [125], [145], [173].
- Photobioscope, [172].
- Photograph projection, [105–114], [121], [134], [142].
- Photographic Pellicle, [174].
- Photography:
- color, see [Color Photography];
- dry plate, [116];
- motion, see [Motion Photography];
- motion color, see [Motion Color Photography];
- wet plate, [112], [120].
- Photophone, [146].
- Photoscope, [146].
- Physiological Park, Marey’s, [125].
- Pipon, [176].
- Plateau, Joseph Antoine Ferdinand, [85–97], [102], [104], [109], [115], [122], [130], [161], [170].
- Plateau-Stampfer Magic Disks, [93–96], [98–100], [108–110], [113], [116], [121], [123], [126], [128], [137], [142], [170], [171], [173].
- Pliny, [32], [163].
- Porta, Giovanni Battista della, [36–45], [47], [48], [148], [161], [166].
- Praxinoscope, [124], [147], [174].
- Prestwich, [176].
- Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin Le: See [Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin].
- Projection:
- color, [66], [69], [96], [101], [153], [159];
- motion, [68], [70–75], [89], [92], [98], [102], [109], [112], [117], [121], [127], [128], [130], [136], [139], [140], [149], [152], [171–176];
- photograph, see [Photograph Projection];
- slide, see [Slide Projection];
- film, see [Film];
- light sources, see [Projection Light Sources];
- rear, [148];
- screen, [10], [11], [40], [92], [98], [104], [121], [123], [132], [134], [147], [148], [154–159], [176];
- three-dimensional, [65], [109–111].
- Projection Lenses: See [Lenses].
- Projection Light Sources:
- candle, [54];
- electric arc, [144];
- gas lamp, [108], [169];
- Geissler tube, [127], [128], [147], [174];
- hydrocarbon lamp, [99];
- oxyhydrogen light, [101], [146], [171];
- sun, [55], [144], [167], [175];
- table lamp, [67], [73], [124].
- Projection of Motion: See [Projection].
- Projectors: [15], [104], [129], [139], [149], [163–176];
- Acres, [154];
- Anschütz, [146], [147];
- Armat-Edison, [158–160];
- Armat-Jenkins, [155], [158];
- Chales, de, [65];
- Demeny, [146];
- Edison, [135–137]; see also [Vitascope];
- Gaumont, [146];
- Greene, [143];
- Greene-Rudge, [142], [175];
- Heyl, [113]; see also [Phasmatrope];
- Jenkins; see [Armat-Jenkins];
- Kircher, [53–55], [59]; see also [Magic Lantern];
- Latham, [157];
- Le Prince, [141];
- Lumière, [150], [151];
- Marey, [144], [145];
- Muybridge, [128]; see also [Zoopraxiscope];
- Paul, [152], [153];
- Reynaud, [123], [147], [148]; see also [Praxinoscope];
- Rudge, [141], [142];
- Schott, [63];
- Uchatius, [100–102];
- Zahn, [67].
- Prokesch, W., [102].
- Proszynski, [176].
- Ptolemy, [21], [22], [26], [164].
- Q
- Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques, [86], [89], [92].
- Quinetoscope, [112], [171].
- R
- Raff & Gammon, [137], [158], [159].
- Radio City Music Hall, [66].
- Rear Projection: See [Projection].
- Reinhold, Erasmus, [165].
- Reville, [172].
- Revolving disks, [59], [67], [70], [89], [92], [93], [96], [100], [116], [121].
- Reynaud, Emile, [79], [123], [139], [147], [173–175].
- Riley, [176].
- Ritchie, William, [169].
- Robert, Etienne Gaspard: See [Robertson, Etienne Gaspard].
- Robertson, Etienne Gaspard, [77–79], [168].
- Roger, Peter Mark, [86], [87], [94], [95], [169].
- Roman College: See [Collegio Romano].
- Rotating lenses: See [Lenses].
- Rowe, [176].
- Rudge, John Arthur Roebuck, [139], [141–143], [148], [175].
- S
- Sallé & Mazo, [176].
- Salle au Grand-Café, [151].
- Sanson, Raoul Grimoin: See G[rimoin-Sanson, Raoul].
- Scheele, Carl William, [168].
- Scheiner, Christopher, [45], [46], [166].
- Schemer, [67].
- Schott, Gaspar, [62–64], [66], [67], [69], [166].
- Schultze, Johann Heinrich, [167], [168].
- Screen Projection: See [Projection].
- Seely, [172].
- Sellers, Coleman, [111], [112], [114], [172].
- Seneca, [163].
- Sequin, [171], [173].
- Seraphin, François, [76], [168].
- Shadow Plays, [13], [16], [76], [77], [148], [163], [168].
- Shaw, William Thomas, [171].
- Showmanship, [15], [16], [36–42], [58], [67], [68], [72], [73], [76–79], [123], [168].
- Shutters, [96], [111], [113], [116], [121], [124], [135].
- Silver, [163].
- Silver chloride, [168].
- Silver nitrate, [164], [168], [169].
- Sinsteden, Dr., [96], [97].
- Skladanowski, Max, [176].
- Slide Projection, [48–79], [85–114].
- Slides:
- painted, [68], [69], [100], [104], [110], [124];
- photographic: See [Photograph projection].
- Snell, Ebenezer Strong, [106], [170].
- Snell, Willebrord, [166].
- Soleil, François, [110], [170].
- Sound Motion Pictures, [131], [132], [134–138], [159], [160].
- Sources of Light: See [Projection Light Sources].
- Spaĉil, Karl, [104].
- Stampfer, Simon Ritter von, [85], [93–95], [170]. See also [Plateau-Stampfer magic disks].
- Stanford, Leland, [118–122].
- Stereofantascope, [109], [172].
- Stereopticon, [136].
- Stereoscope, [67], [109], [111], [170–172].
- Stereoscope Cosmorama Exhibit, [111].
- Stereostrope, [172].
- Stillman, J. D. B, [119], [120].
- Story, A. T., [143].
- Stroboscope, [88], [93], [94], [170].
- T
- Tachyscope: See [Electrical Tachyscope].
- Talbot calotype process, [107].
- Talbot, William Henry Fox, [106], [107], [133], [142], [170].
- Talking Pictures: See [Sound Motion Pictures].
- Tanera, A. D., [147].
- Telescope, [15], [25], [26], [41], [45], [53], [63], [65], [67].
- Teleview, Hammond’s: See [Hammond’s Teleview].
- Television, [156].
- Thaumatrope, [80], [89], [94], [142], [157], [169], [172].
- Thaumaturga Lantern, [67].
- Théâtre Optique, [147], [157], [175].
- Théâtre Robert Houdin, [79].
- Theatrograph, [153].
- Thirion, Catherine, [85].
- Thompson, Silvanus, [153].
- Thuringopolonus: See [Witelo].
- Tissandier, Gaston, [121], [124].
- Trajedis, George, [138], [151].
- U
- Uchatius bronze, [98], [103].
- Uchatius, Franz von, [68], [98–105], [108], [112], [117], [121], [142], [152], [161], [171], [172], [174].
- V
- Valesius, George de, [60].
- Van Musschenbroek, Pieter: See [Musschenbroek, Pieter van].
- Van’s Gravesande, Willem Jakob, [167].
- Varley, John, [143].
- Vassel, Eugene, [122].
- Vinci, Leonardo da, [29], [31], [32], [34], [35], [38], [43], [44], [69], [161], [165].
- Vision, Persistence of: See [Persistence of Vision].
- Vitascope, [11], [158–160].
- Von Hauslab, Field Marshall: See [Hauslab, Field Marshall von].
- Von Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand: See [Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von].
- Von Stampfer, Simon Ritter: See [Stampfer, Simon Ritter von].
- W
- Walgenstein, Thomas, [58], [66], [69], [150], [167].
- Warner, Albert, [160].
- Warner Bros., [160]
- Warner, Harry, [160].
- Warner, Jack, [160].
- Warner, Sam, [160].
- Wattson, [176].
- Wedgwood, Tom, [168].
- Wells, H. G., [152].
- Werner, [138], [149], [176].
- Wet-plate photography: See [Photography].
- Wheatstone, Charles, [109], [110], [169–171].
- Wheel of Life, [108], [116], [122], [129], [173]. See also [Plateau-Stampfer Magic Disks].
- Wheel phenomenon, [86], [87], [91], [92], [169].
- Whirling Top, [70], [74].
- Winter Garden Theatre, [160].
- Witelo (Thuringopolonus), [43], [164].
- Wolff, Phillip, [176].
- Wollaston, William Hyde, [84], [169].
- Wotton, Henry, [166].
- Y
- Yarwell, John, [69].
- Z
- Zahn, Johann, [62], [66–69], [101], [167].
- Zion, [176].
- Zoetrope, [113], [126], [137], [172].
- Zoopraxinographoscope, [124].
- Zoopraxiscope, [124], [174].
- Zoopraxographical Hall, [127].