phenakistoscope

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The phenakistoscope (also spelled phenakistiscope) was an early animation device that used the persistence of motion principle to create an illusion of motion. The phenakistoscope is the predecessor of the zoetrope.stence of vision.

This is a device consisting of a spinning disk and a mirror. The disk is slotted and has images on the mirror side. Looking through the slots at the mirror can give the effect of moving pictures. An invention by the Belgian physicist, Joseph Plateau in 1832.

thaumatrope paul roget

A thaumatrope is a toy that was popular in Victorian times. A disk or card with a picture on each side is attached to two pieces of string. When the strings are twirled quickly between the fingers the two pictures appear to combine into a single image due to persi.

praxinoscope

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The praxinoscope was an animation device, the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles-Émile Reynaud. Like the zoetrope, it used a strip of pictures placed around the inner surface of a spinning cylinder.