Emilie Raynaud
The Praxinoscope was the first invention of Émile Reynaud in 1876.
Patented in 1877, it's a toy giving the optical illusion of movement.
It used a drum, just as the zoetrope had, with the images drawn on
a band placed around the inside of the cylinder.
But rather than having slits through which the images were watched,
the cartoon strip was reflected in a series of mirrors, mounted in a ring set
halfway between the outer edge of the drum and the central axle .When the drum
was spinning, the viewer watched the progression of images in the mirrors. A
candle was set above the axle allowed the images to be seen more clearly.
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