History of the Zoetrope

The Zoetrope was originally introduced as a toy in the 1830s, however modern replica's have been created of a traditional Zoetrope. A zoetrope is a device that produces the illusion of motion from a rapid succession of static pictures. The zoetrope has several vertical slits around the side; on the inside of the cylinder is a band with images from a set of sequenced pictures. As the zoetrope spins, looking through the slits, it shows a clear sequence of pictures.



http://zoetrope.org/zoetrope-history