By 1903, the actuality film had reached its peak; in 1903, the Edison and Biograph companies, combined, registered three hundred fifty one actuality films for copyright protection. By 1908 that number had dropped to two.

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It was an incident that he hoped to forget.

1686, Rev. Charles Morton of Newington Green, Compendium Physicae, preface; reprinted in: