William Horner

William Horner

William Horner invented the Zoetrope in 1834 and he first named it a Daedalum (wheel of the Devil).  The Zoetrope was inspired by  Plateau's invention which was  called the phenakistoscope. Horner's invention somehow became forgotten for nearly thirty years until 1867, when it became patented in England by M. Bradley,   Lincoln renamed the Daedalum, giving it the name of zoetrope, or wheel of life.

The Zoetrope was based on another pioneers invention which was Plateau's phenakistoscope. Horner's invention strangely became forgotten of for nearly thirty years until 1867, when it became patented in England by M. Bradley, and in America by William F. Lincoln.  Lincoln renamed the Daedalum, changing the name to zoetrope (wheel of life)

            Examples :

Who's Knocking At The Door, a French zoetrope from the 1870

A Couple Waltzing, by Eadweard Muybridge, 1893

A soldier on horseback

Comets and Planets

Geometry

Now here is an example of one of my favorite , the amount of time and the detail put into this makes it so interesting and gives a little chill down the spine because of the way the woman turns into a monster.