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Encyclopedia > Praxinoscope

The Praxinoscope was an animation device, the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles-Émile Reynaud. Like the zoetrope, it used a strip of pictures placed around the inner surface of a spinning cylinder. The praxinoscope improved on the zoetrope by replacing its narrow viewing slits with an inner circle of mirrors, placed so that the reflections of the pictures appeared more or less stationary in position as the wheel turned. Someone looking in the mirrors would therefore see a rapid succession of images producing the illusion of motion, with a brighter and less distorted picture than the zoetrope offered. This is a Root page - a common introduction to several more specialised pages. ... A modern replica of a Victorian zoetrope. ... Charles-Émile Reynaud (December 8, 1844 – January 9, 1918) was a French science teacher, responsible for the first animated films. ...


In 1889 Reynaud developed the Théâtre Optique, an improved version capable of projecting images on a screen from a longer roll of pictures. This allowed him to show hand-drawn animated cartoons to larger audiences, but it was soon eclipsed in popularity by the photographic film projector of the Lumière brothers. A cartoon is any of several forms of art, with varied meanings that evolved from one to another. ... The Lumière Brothers, Louis Jean (October 5, 1864–June 6, 1948) and Auguste Marie Louis Nicholas (October 19, 1862–April 10, 1954), were the creators of the cinematographic projector. ...


The word "praxinoscope" comes from Greek roots meaning "action viewer".


See also

The phenakistoscope (also spelled phenakistiscope) was an early animation device, the predecessor to the zoetrope. ... A stroboscope , also known as a strobe, is an instrument used to make a cyclically moving object appear to be slow-moving or stationary. ... A thaumatrope is a toy that was popular in Victorian times. ...

External links

  • A picture and further information
  • A demonstration of this and similar optical toys, including the zoetrope
  • More on Reynaud's Théåtre Optique

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EarlyCinema.com (310 words)
The combination of moving picture 'toys' and vaudeville exhibition devices such as the magic lantern was inevitable and one of the first successful attempts at such a marriage came in the form of the Praxinoscope.
In essence the Praxinoscope was an adaptation of Horner’s Zoetrope which at the time had become extremely popular.
Using a drum design which revolved, as with the Zoetrope, the images were viewed reflected in a prism of mirrors which rose from the centre of the drum.
Praxinoscope - Picture - MSN Encarta (52 words)
The Praxinoscope was the invention of Charles Émile Reynaud in 1877.
It was a descendant of the zoetrope and was the first movie machine that could project successive images onto a screen.
This photograph, taken in 1887, shows the Praxinoscope with a strip of film that was used to project “moving” images.
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