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LicenseKineograph Flick Book Device
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
Science Museum Group Collection
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Flicker books (2): windmill, illustration in original patent, cover and 1st pages missing; dancing skeleton. Linnett's patent.
Flicker book, made in England, c. 1868.
Flicker books have a series of slightly different images in each pages, when flicked through quickly, the pictures appear animated. Although Pierre-Hubert Desvignes is usually credited with inventing the flicker book, John Barnes Linnett of London was the first to patent a design. These flicker books with designs of a dancing skeleton and a windmill are made to Linnett’s patent.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/7213
- type:
- flicker book
- taxonomy:
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- tools and equipment
- equipment by process
- image viewing equipment
- optical toy
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
