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