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Kazimierz Prószyński

Kazimierz Prószyński
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Kazimierz Prószyński was a Polish inventor active in the field of cinematography. He patented his first film camera, called Pleograph, before the Lumière brothers, and later went on to improve the cinema projector for Gaumont. He was also the inventor of the widely used first hand-held Aeroscope camera.

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  1. Guglielmo MarconiApril 25, 1874 – July 20, 1937
  2. Gustave WhiteheadJanuary 1, 1874 – October 10, 1927
  3. Ferdinand PorscheSeptember 3, 1875 – January 30, 1951
  4. Kazimierz Prószyński (this page)April 4, 1875 – March 13, 1945
  5. Józef Kazimierz HofmannJanuary 20, 1876 – February 16, 1957
  6. Willis CarrierNovember 26, 1876 – October 7, 1950

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