The Phenakistoscope was a device recognised throughout history by people such as Newton and Euclid, but it was only made into a firmly established idea in 1829 by a Belgian by the name of Joseph Plateau. It consists of a large spinning disc attached to a handle, with small slits running around the radius of the device. The user would put his eye in front of the slits and spin the device in front of a mirror, giving an illusion of movement of the drawings on the disc. Nowadays however, mostly they are just used as collectors items. While it is a form of valid animation, its limitations as a form of mass entertainment should be noted, as only one person could view these at a time. Still, it is a very creative precursor to animation, considering the limitations of the art form at the time.
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