Replica of Plateau's Anorthoscope

Made:
circa 1930 in London
maker:
Science Museum
Replica of Plateau's Anorthoscope

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Replica of Plateau's Anorthoscope, made by Science Museum, London, circa 1930. Copy of an original from c. 1835.

An anorthoscope is a device that demonstrates an optical illusion that turns an anamorphic picture on a disc into a regular image by rotating it behind a counter-rotating disc with four radial slits. It was invented in by Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau, whose further studies of the principle led him to the 1832 invention of the phénakisticope.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Object Number:
1930-288
Materials:
acrylic, brass (copper, zinc alloy) and steel (metal)
Measurements:
overall: 720 mm x 330 mm x 330 mm, 11 kg
overall (replica): 400 mm x 230 mm x 100 mm,
type:
replica and anorthoscope
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford