The electrotachyscope is an 1887 invention of Ottomar Anschütz of Germany which presents the illusion of motion with transparent serial photographs, chronophotographs, arranged on a spinning wheel of fortune or mandala-like glass disc, significant as a technological development in the history of cinema. 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Ottomar Anschütz (c. ... An illusion is a distortion of a sensory perception. ... This article is about motion in physics. ... Chronophotography is a Victorian application of science (the study of movement), and art (photography). ... Wheel of Fortune Logo (1983-1989) The Wheel of Fortune was a major symbol of the plight of man from Late Antiquity into the Renaissance: see Fortuna (luck). ... The term mandala may be applied to various tangible objects, depending upon the particular religious practice that uses the term, especially as seen in Hinduism and Buddhism. ... The physics definition of a glass is a uniform amorphous solid material, usually produced when a suitably viscous molten material cools very rapidly, thereby not giving enough time for a regular crystal lattice to form. ... A disk or disc is anything that resembles a flattened cylinder in shape. ... Technology ( Gr. ... Origins of motion picture arts and sciences Any overview of the history of cinema would be remiss to fail to at least mention a long history of literature, storytelling, narrative drama, art, mythology, puppetry, shadow play, cave paintings and perhaps even dreams. ...

A Geissler Tube was used to flash light through the transparancies to provide a weak projection to a single person or small audience through a small window. The Geissler tube was a glass tube for demonstrating the principles of electrical discharge, invented by the German glassblower Heinrich Geissler in 1857. ...

It was presented for public demonstration at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 The World Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago Worlds Fair), a Worlds fair, was held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbuss discovery of the New World. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

An earlier, related device is described in the January 24, 1878 issue of the journal Nature. January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A journal (through French from late Latin diurnalis, daily) is a daily record of events or business. ...

Sources

• Who's Who of Victorian Cinema (http://www.victorian-cinema.net/anschutz.htm)
• Deac Rossell, The Electrical Wonder (http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~s-herbert/ottomar_anschutz.htm)
• Fielding, Raymond, 1967, A Technological History of Motion Pictures and Television.