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Friday, September 08, 2006 

The Zoopraxiscope

The Zoopraxiscope

One of the earliest motion picture devices was called the Zoopraxiscope (pronounced zoh-uh-prak-suh-skohp), invented by Eadweard Muybridge in 1879.  By inserting a disk and turning the wheel, one could watch a scene in motion.

A Zoopraxicsope Disk

The result looked something like this:
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Animated Zoopraxiscope

More Zoopraxiscopes Coming Soon

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Michael Joseph Pieper
Michael Pieper

 
Yes Please lets see more of these. I guess this was the Original Rocky Film.
 
Posted by Michael Joseph Pieper on Friday, February 23, 2007 - 8:03 PM
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