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Hannibal Goodwin

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American inventor in film development

United StatesArtistsLived 1822 to 1900 · aged 78
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Hannibal Williston Goodwin, patented a method for making transparent, flexible roll film out of nitrocellulose film base, which was used in Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, an early machine for viewing motion pictures.

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2011National Inventors Hall of Fame

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1822 to 1900 · aged 78
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