Zoetrope

Zoetrope

• A zoetrope is a device that produces the illusion of motion from a rapid succession of still pictures.

• The zoetrope consists of a cylinder with slits cut into the sides. On the inner surface of the cylinder is a band with images from a set of sequenced pictures.

• As the cylinder spins, you look through the slits at the pictures across and you see a rapid succession of images, producing the illusion of motion.

(Oxford Dictionary, 2014) 

Below are some links to some use sites that give more information on Zoetrope

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoetrope

http://www.zoetrope.com/


And here is a video show a Zoetrope: