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The Chronophone is an apparatus patented by Léon Gaumont in 1902 to synchronise the Cinématographe (Chrono-Bioscope) with a disc Phonograph (Cyclophone) using a "Conductor" or "Switchboard". This sound-on-disc display was used as an experiment from 1902 to 1910.
This cinematographic projection device, whose initial model was first shown in 1902, achieved the synchronisation of image and sound.
Jun 14, 2012 · In 1910 Gaumont demonstrated his Chronophone system, which synchronised sound and film, at the Gaumont Palace in Paris. The compressed-air amplifier, which he called the Eglephone, was just a part of the whole system. The volume was enough for an audience of 4000.
Léon Gaumont’s Chronophone in France and Cecil Hepworth’s Vivaphone system in England employed a similar technology, and each was used to produce hundreds of synchronized shorts between 1902 and 1912.
Jan 14, 2015 · Through this Chronophone system Gaumont synchronised sound and film, at the Gaumont Palace in Paris in 1910. The compressed-air amplifier was part of the system and the two gramophones were operated from a common electric motor between them.
The following description by inventor Léon Gaumont of the Chronophonograph of 1902 clearly illustrates this capability. "Several methods of connecting the apparatus were patented by our organization. One uses two small shunt dc motors of almost the same power and supplied by the same current source.
The Chronophone is an apparatus patented by Léon Gaumont in 1902 to synchronise the Cinématographe (Chrono-Bioscope) with a disc Phonograph (Cyclophone) using a "Conductor" or "Switchboard". This Sound-on-disc display was used as an experiment from 1902 to 1910.
