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phenakistoscope

phenakistoscope


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phenakistoscope  \Phen`a*kis"to*scope\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  a  deceiver  + 
  -scope.] 
  A  revolving  disk  on  which  figures  drawn  in  different  relative 
  attitudes  are  seen  successively,  so  as  to  produce  the 
  appearance  of  an  object  in  actual  motion,  as  an  animal 
  leaping,  etc.,  in  consequence  of  the  persistence  of  the 
  successive  visual  impressions  of  the  retina.  It  is  often 
  arranged  so  that  the  figures  may  be  projected  upon  a  screen.