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The Magic Lantern
It was created by Athanisus Kircher. The magic lantern is an early predecessor of the modern day projector. It consisted of a translucent oil painting, a simple lens and a candle or oil lamp.
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Thaumatrope
Created by physican John Ayerton Paris. It has different drawings on opposite ides of the disk. When the disk is spun, the images merge into one.
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Phenakistoscope
Introduced by Belgian physicist John Plateau. The phenakistoscope used a spinning disc attached vertically to a handle. The user would spin it and look through the moving slits at the disc's reflection in the mirror.
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Zoetrope
Invented by William Homer. It consists of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the slides. As it spins, the user can look through the slits at the picture across.
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Kineograph (flip book)
Created by John Barnes Linnett. The user bends all of the pages back, normally with the thumb, then by a gradual motion of the hand allows them to spring free one at a time.
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Praxinoscope
Invented by Charles-Emile Reynaud. This improved on the zeotrope by replacing its narrow viewing slits with an inner circle of mirrors.
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" Humorous Phases of Funny Faces"
Created J.Stuart Blackton. It was known as one of the first animated films. Consisted of a man and woman doing funny faces.
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Fantasmagorie
In 1908, the French artist, Émile Cohl, created the first animated film using what came to be known as traditional animation. The film was called " Fantasmagorie ".
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" How a mosquito operates "
Created by Winson McCay. He worked as cartoonist for several newspapers and created " How a mosquito operates"
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Walt Disney
Created "Flowers and Trees". It was the first cartoon released in color. It won the First academy award presented to a cartoon.
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