The evening times., 1898-11-28
Suit of Mr.. Armat Causes Mr..
Jenkins to Talk.
HOW DISCOVERY WAS MADE
Edward Muybridge Credited With
Being the Pioneer.
Franklin Institute MedRI-Narious
vices Now Upon the Market.


against the various concerns manufactur-
ing the moving picture machines has
started quite controversy among the
scientists of this city as TO who was re-
ally the first man 10 perfect scheme by
which moving pictures are projected on
canvass and has brought out several
claimants to that honor, and an old ques-
ZION in regard to what photographing re-
ally is.
is photography am art or a science?
That is a question that has been veXing
the scientific world for some time. 1t has
been answered both ways as many times
as asked but stil doubt fingers in the
minds Of some people as 10 wha; it really
is.
Some scientists are photographers and
a few artists are also, while all photogra-
pliers are scientists, in a measure, and
only few Of them artists, in the real
sense Of the word. Photography is
temple in which the deitios Of both the
artist and the scientist meet, il is
shrine AZ which both worship, and set
neither has any relation TO the other, nor
is there anything which with the widest
stretch of fancy one could consolidate
the one with the other. Thes are as sep
arate and a. distinct in their IDEAS as the
lion and the lamb of ancient story and
Vel they meet peacefully al the same
point Of research and dlscusse Two differ
ent phases of the same thing without the
slightest discord.
Since the day that the travelling hO-
tographer visited the country villages in
his house on wheels about The line OF
the annual county fair. and was called
an artist by the simple rust 6. I'll
now, when photography is a necessary
adjunct 10 nearly every branch OF science,
is az valuable as press agent 10 the
diamond losing actress and Is considered
Indispensable by the traveller. there as
always been something mysterious about
The ART of piclure-making and The aver
aec person has looked upon the lndivid-
ual developing his exact likeness on a
sheet Of paper by simply exnos ns i,
with . glass on top, To the rays Of he
sun, with awe and approached with ven
Grafton. There are practical phot gra-
pLe-s who. however, are not ph5iog a.
pliers to take pictures but men who pto-
tocfaph ideas as wen and develop them
until benefits acc-ue Nh'cI are in,a,uable
To mankind.
Mr.. Jenkins Talks Freely
kins the Inventor Of the machine vi ich
throws moving pictures on 4 screen call
ed the phanjoscope. This is moi the o ,ly
machine than throws moving pictures on
screens u amy means; there are ab Ut
two hundred Of them. but Mr. Jenk ms
Claims To hc The originator OF the ii.a
and has been awarded the Crcsson mcdll
by the STATE OF Pennsylvania on the rec
onlnendation of the Franklin Scientific
Institute OF philadelpaia for making the
first Successful moving pic.ura p-oj Ctin :
apparatus.
Tie Franklin Institute lc-omm znds on
person each year to receive a medal or
the most meritOri0u~ invention Of the
wear which win benefit cithsr ar or
science Mr.. Jenkins presented his cl i'm
TO the medal ia December. 1885, and d.d
not receive the award until TWO weeks
ago.
As soon a. Mr.. jenkins put in his claim
the venerable saSants who have the
awarding Of the prize were startled al the
boldnoss of The claim and they adver-
Used In their society journal for persons
who knew anything about This particular
branch of the work to bring forth data
with regard 10 the true father of the pro-
jected moving pictures. a number of
claims were put forth for the medal and
the investigation Of them has kept the
committee appointed for that purpose
busy for two years.
Among those who claimed the discovery
OF the method were Thomas a. Edison
and Thomas AImat, the latter Of this
city. A reporter for The Times called on
Mr.. jenkins and learned many new things
with regard 10 The development of this
particular branch of photography. The
inventor OF the machine delights to talk
about his invention, and with evident af-
feciion for The child Of his brain calls
himself the father Of the art of throwing
moving pictures of living things on a
screen.
At Work since 1890.
Il have always been interested in the
art of making moving pictures and have
been at work making machines for that
purpose since 1886" MIR. Jenkins said in
answer to a question put by the reporter.
and viii tell you as much about il as
can.
The gentleman who really invented the
scheme Of making moving things appear
on a screen, that is making Photographs
OF moving objects, was Edward Muy-
bridge, a Californian. Mr.. Muybridge
was seconded in his attempts TO produce
living things in motion on canvass by the
late Senator Stanford.
when the Senator's attention was CALL
ed TO the invention of Muybridge he was
ut once taken with the idea. This was
the very machine he wanted to assist him
I'm breeding horses on his stock farm al
Palo Alto. You see he wanted to be able
to photograph each motion of the horse
and in that way would find which of his
animals possessed the best gait and he
would breed that variety exclusively
The machine did all that was expacte5
OF IL, and Yet il was not wholly a success
In those days, 1881, the transparent film
had not Yet been invented and wet plates
Were used. Now, here are specimens OF
the wet plates" and the inventor picked
up from his desk piece of glass about
inches square. which weighed several
ounces, and this Is the transparent finn. "
and he took a roll OF gelatinic substance
from the same place The roll was abou;
as broad as the glass plate, and the entire
roll did not weigh as much as the one
plate.
There are about $50 pictures on thai
roll, and only one can be gotten on the
plate, so you see what an advantage the
film gives the persons making the pic
lures.
Muybridge's Discovery
Muybridge's discovery was new thing
In those days, however and it was very
much talked about. The inventor went Il
Paris and delivered lecture. with ex,
hibitions OF the machine. before the
French Academy of Sciences. and was re
ceived most cordially by The scientific fra
ternity of the French metropolis. WheY
Muybridge had returned TO his home,