Phenakistoscope Disc of A Man Pirouetting
1833
Three Fantoscope discs by Ackermann and Co (1st series)
- maker:
- Ackermann and Company
Three Fantoscope discs by Ackermann and Co (1st series), 1833.
The phenakisticope (or fantascope) was invented almost simultaneously by the Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau and the Austrian professor of practical geometry Simon Stampfer. It is held with the printed side of the disc facing a mirror. When the disc is spun the viewer looks at its reflection through the apertures on the disc's circumference and the drawings appear to move.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Object Number:
- 1952-126
- Materials:
- cardboard, ink
- type:
- fantoscope disc and optical toy
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
