Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 436
image, which seems animated by the .samemovenients as those portrayed in the different phases. THE ZOOTRQPE. 79 The Zootrope is a perfect specimen of this apparatus.It is composed of a cylinder of cardboard, turning on acentral axis. The cylinder is pierced with vertical slits atregular intervals,… … Appearance of the Tha,umatrope in rotation. between two extremes ; and in consequence of the impres-sions upon the retina the successive phases are mingled,so the spectator believes he sees, without transition, theentire movement. We give (page 82) a few specimensof the pictures for the Zootrope.…
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