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Learn about the first widespread animation device that created a fluent illusion of motion. Find out how it works, who invented it, and what are its variations and examples.
Learn about the Phenakistoscope, a Victorian toy that created the illusion of moving images by spinning a disc with slits. See examples of hand-painted designs from a mass-produced product, Mclean's Optical Illusions or Magic Panorama.
Phenakistiscope. The Phenakistiscope was invented independently, and almost simultaneously, in 1833 by Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau (1801-1883) and Austrian physicist Simon Ritter von Stampfer (1792-1864). Stampfer was the first to patent a design for what he called the Stroboscopic Disc.
Jan 13, 2021 · The Noel Collection has a complete set of an early phenakistoscope, a unique optical device that was invented in 1832 by Joseph Plateau and designed to display animated images.
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The phenakistiscope is an early animation device that paved the way for the development of motion pictures. It’s a spinning disc attached to a handle, with a series of images around the edge that create the illusion of motion when viewed in a mirror through slits in the disc.
The Phenakistiscope/Phenakistoscope is regarded as one of the first forms of moving media entertainment that paved the way for the future motion picture and ...
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Phenakistoscope. The Phenakistoscope at the right is in the collection of historical physics apparatus at Yale University. It was made by Duboscq and has a rotating disk showing various aspects of a clown eating a cow.
