The boy\s own toy-maker: a practical illustrated guide to the useful employment of leasure hours (1881)
Ebenezer Landells. · leaf 47
34 THE BOY'S OWN TOY-MAKER. THE THAUMATROPE. This is a very pretty philosophical toy ; its name is derived from two Greek words, one of which signi- fies wonder, and the other to turn. It is founded upon the well-known principle in optics, that an impression made on the retina of the eye lasts for… … FIG. I. The Boy and the Donkey. — Take a common card or piece of cardboard, say five inches by three ; on one side of it sketch a donkey running, and paint it black
Toys · Amusements 19th century
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