John Barnes Linnett
Kineograph patent
John Barnes Linnett (born c. 1831) was a British lithograph printer basedw in Birmingham, England. Although the French is generally credited with being the inventor of the flip book, Linnett was the first to patent the invention, in 1868, under the name of 'e'kineograph.[1][2]
He was born in Austrey, Warwickshire.[3]
Linnett died of pneumonia. His wife sold the patent to an American.
References[]
- ^ McDonough, John; Egolf, Karen (2015). The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising. Routledge. p. 81. ISBN 9781135949068. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ Chronological Index of Patents Applied for and Patents Granted. G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode. 1869. p. 65. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ 1851 England Census
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