Phenakistoscope


I went to the site http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/opticaltoys.htm. It is an optical device website. Our assignment was to give a report on one of the optical toy on the site.

A Belgium physicist named Joseph Plateau and his sons introduced the Phenakistoscope to the world.
The mechanics of the device were adapted from Newton and a Greek mathematician named Elucid.
There are two discs, both with successive action. When spun it look like the couple is dancing.