Introduced by Max and Emil Skladanowsky in 1895, November 1, the bioscope was a camera and projection system employed for the first public exhibition of film in Germany Found on http://www.allmovie.com/glossary/term/bioscope
Bi'o·scope noun [ Greek bi`os life + -scope .] 1. A view of life; that which gives such a view. « Bagman's Bioscope : Various Views of Men and Manners. [ Book Title .]» W. Bayley (1824). 2. An animated picture machine for screen p... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/54