Wednesday, 5 December 2012

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.

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