1888
LOUIS AIME AUGUSTIN LE PRINCE (1841-1890)
A Frenchman working in Leeds England, Le Prince patents in the U.S., a camera and projector described as having sixteen lenses.
However, the application describes "one or more lenses".
Le Prince applied for patents in Belgium, Italy, Austria, Hungary, France, & England, which he would never live to see granted.
The single-lens camera/projector took ‘Roundhay’ and ‘Leeds Bridge’ films.
Interestingly, Le Prince never gave his cameras and projectors a name as did other inventors. They were simply known as the single-lens or the 16-lens, or by the patent number.
He did however in his patents, title his cameras as "receivers" and his projector as a "deliverer".
The Le Prince ‘LPCCP MKL’ single-lens camera/ projector had one lens for photographing ("receivers") and one for projecting ("deliverer").
The Le Prince family knew Louis Daguerre who had offered Louis some of his photographic know-how in 1875. Le Prince had also seen much of the work by Muybridge.
Le Prince wanted to involve himself in the possibility of creating motion using Photographs.
In 1888 Le Prince had Frederic Mason & James Longley make the cabinet & working parts. By the summer Le Prince had designed 2 single-lens cameras, one photographing at 12 fps & the other at 20 fps.
He takes pictures in the family garden first, and at the bridge both in October.
Le Prince patent illustration for his 16 lens issued 10 Jan 1888 had two sets of 8 lenses. The British patent described among other things; flexible film which was Eastman paper roll film.
His apparatus was capable of showing animated pictures – 17 of the 19 existing frames of Adolphe Le Prince the ‘accordion player’ in the featured video above, which he had already presented in the Whitley factory in Leeds in 1888.
It was filmed on the LPCCP Type-1 Mk II camera/projector. -30-
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