Chronocinematograph is an astronomical instrument consisting of a film camera , chronometer and chronograph . The device records images using a more precise timetable for observing an eclipse . It was invented in 1927 by a Polish astronomer , mathematician and geodesist Tadeusz Banachiewicz for observing total solar eclipses . During the same year , Banachiewcz used his device for solar observations in Lapland ( Sweden ) , then in USA ( 1932 ) and Greece , Japan and Siberia ( 1936 )
Lapland ( Sweden )
Solar eclipse of June 29, 1927
Chronocinematograph