Hannibal Goodwin | American clergyman | Britannica (original) (raw)
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development of photographic film
In history of film: Origins …Jersey, an Episcopalian minister named Hannibal Goodwin developed the idea of using celluloid as a base for photographic emulsions. The inventor and industrialist George Eastman, who had earlier experimented with sensitized paper rolls for still photography, began manufacturing celluloid roll film in 1889 at his plant in Rochester, New York.… Read More