Stampfer called them the stroboscopic disks, Plateau the phenakistoscope. From Wordnik.com. [The Photoplay A Psychological Study] Reference
There's a hydrogen rocket project, a laser in a lunchbox, plans for building a motorized, Arduino-powered phenakistoscope, an homage to maker toys of the 1960s, and a how-to on toilet-training your cat. From Wordnik.com. [MAKE Magazine] Reference
The problem did not arise with the kinetoscope only but had interested the preceding generations who amused themselves with the phenakistoscope and the stroboscopic disks or the magic cylinder of the zoötrope and bioscope. From Wordnik.com. [The Photoplay A Psychological Study] Reference
On the other hand if the essential feature of the moving pictures is the combination of various views into one connected impression, we must look back to the days of the phenakistoscope which had scientific interest only; it is more than eighty years since it was invented. From Wordnik.com. [The Photoplay A Psychological Study] Reference
There are plenty of treats - from Mareys's bronze cast of a bird in flight, of which only three exist, to an opportunity to play with a zoetrope, praxinoscope and phenakistoscope (try saying those afterwards at the pub) to a cabinet showing the comic world's attempt to show motion via whoosh lines and multiple legs. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Online News] Reference
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