Zoetrope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A zoetrope is a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures. The term zoetrope is from the Greek words ζωή - zoe , "life" and τρόπος - tropos , "turn"...
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In the case of a particular sort of zoetrope called the praxinoscope, ... Everything changed with the invention of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope in 1891. The kinetoscope used a motor to revolve a strip of film in front of a light source. The light source projected the image from the film on a screen in a booth.
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Horner's invention strangely became forgotten for nearly thirty years until 1867, when it became patented in England by M. Bradley, and in America by William F. Lincoln. Lincoln renamed the Daedalum, giving it the name of "zoetrope," or "wheel of life."
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; A zoetrope is a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures. The term zoetrope is from the Greek ... The électrotachyscope is an 1887 invention of Ottomar Anschütz of Germany which presents the illusion of motion with transparent serial photographs, chronophotographs,
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www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Zoetrope
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The following are examples of contemporary artists working with the same principles of William Horner's 1834 invention, the Zoetrope, which gave rise to the illusion of movement through the presentation of sequential static images.
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This invention relates to a zoetrope and more particularly, to a collapsible zoetrope that can be produced, stored, marketed and distributed in flat form and then be easily and quickly erected for operation by consumers.
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However it is believed that Horner may have based his invention on that of a basic zoetrope created by a Chinese inventor by Ting Huan in 180 AD. Huan created a hanging lantern (something like a lamp shade) made of decorated transparent paper over a lamp which moved due to the convection of heat from the lamp.
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www.stopmotioncentral.com/morestopmotionhistory.html
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The 'Zoetrope' was an 1834 invention by William George Horner that allowed the user to rotate a set of still images to create the illusion of motion. ... The Zoetrope (pronounced ZOH-uh-trohp), invented in 1834 by William George Horner, was an early form of motion picture projector that consisted of a drum, containing a set...
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iroi.seu.edu.cn/books/ee_dic/whatis/zoetrope.htm
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In the 150 years since its invention, the zoetrope – one of the first animation devices – has lost none of its magic. The zoetrope, explains Slater, is a persistence-of-vision toy. Persistence of vision will be familiar to anyone who has traced their name in the dark with a sparkler: the eye retains momentary...
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www.massey.ac.nz/~wwpubafs/magazine/2003_April/stories/...
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