cinematograph

Example Sentences

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Not long after his death, a shoemaker’s son named Georges Méliès purchased the Theatre Robert-Houdin and upon seeing a demonstration of the newly invented cinematograph by the Lumière brothers, acquired his own projector.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2023

The lovers talk and walk and, at one point, watch a film on a cinematograph.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2014

Probably almost as soon as the "cinematograph" camera was invented.

From The Guardian • Apr. 4, 2011

The influx of well-to-do foreigners to California in the past two years or so has resulted in the biggest real estate boom in Los Angeles since the invention of the cinematograph.

From Time Magazine Archive

The party would feature presentations on the latest scientific developments, including a newfangled invention called the cinematograph.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day