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This is is a moving phenakistoscope by Joseph Plateau

Who invented zoetrope?

William Horner invented zoetrope in 1834 in England.

He called it the ‘Daedalum’ (the wheel of the devil). The American developer, William F. Lincoln, named his toy the ‘zoetrope’, which means ‘wheel of life’.

Who invented the spindle viewer?

 Joseph Plateau invented the spindle viewer in 1832.

Joseph P. and his sons introduced the phenakistoscope (“spindle viewer”). Simon von Stampfer also invented it independently in the same year of Vienna, Austria, who called his inventions a stroboscope.

What did the zoetrope do?

Zoetrope works by a drawing of an animation free hand then sliding it into a Device, which spins

What is a kinetiscope?

A kinetiscope is a device, which allows people to view motion pictures. The kinetiscope was one of the first such devices widely developed and distributed, and while the design ultimately proved to be a failure, it clearly inspired other inventors, so it could be considered a landmark invention in the history of film. This device was invented in the laboratory of Thomas Edison, and as was conventional for inventions in his lab, Edison himself, making it challenging to determine precisely who worked on the project, took out the patent.