In every respect Edison "made good," and in a short time the system was a success, "Mr. Little having withdrawn his obsolete Perforator, his ineffective resistance, his costly chemical solution, to give place to Edison's Perforator, Edison's resistance and devices, and Edison's solution costing a few cents per gallon.
"Edison, His Life and Inventions"
Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
This was done in a special machine of Edison's invention, called a Perforator, consisting of a series of punches operated by a bank of keys-typewriter fashion.
"Edison, His Life and Inventions"
Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
Then we were handed a lot of negative which had been fogged in the Perforator, a thing that doesn't happen once in a thousand years.
"The Film Mystery"
Arthur B. Reeve