Thursday 8 January 2015

Phenakistoscop

A 'Phenakistoscop' uses a spinning disk of sequential images that creates the illusion of movement...

Invented in 1841 by Joseph Plateau, the device worked on a basic principle of turning motion images into what the our eyes see as ' movement '. Round disks printed with an animation sequence would be rotated, normally by turning a handle; and the still images would be transformed into living breathing images before the viewers own eyes. The device earned the nickname of 'magic disks' pretty quickly.

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