Louis Lumiere (French) is sometimes said to be the inventor for his 1895 invention, but the "wheel of life" or "zoopraxiscope" was patented in 1867 by William Lincoln. Edison was the first to project film. Regards, Bob... -------------------------------------------- "Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?" -Martin Luther From: "Robert G. Earnest" <rge@earnestphoto.com> > I have one. > (if I may?) > > Who designed an apparatus for projecting images intermittently on a > screen that proved to be the birth of the motion picture?