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Edison decided to make a projection machine called a "kinetoscope" whicha. allowed only one person at a time to watch a brief loop of film.
b. he copyrighted for an additional $15.
c. William Dickson actually invented.
d. became his primary engineering focus over such things as the electric storage battery and talking doll.
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