Zoetrope
A zoetrope is a circular device with slits cut vertically in the sides which has either individual frames from a video/film or images from a set of sequenced photographs. When viewed through the slits on the outside, the images produced are the equivalent of a motion picture.The zoetrope was invented in 1834 by George Horner, who called it a "daedalum" or "daedatelum". Horner's invention was based on a similar device, the phenakistoscope, invented in 1832 by Joseph Plateau. William F. Lincoln promoted the Horner's device in America as a "zoetrope".
The praxinoscope was an improvement on the zoetrope that became popular toward the end of the nineteenth centuary.
The word "zoetrope" is a combination of Greek words. It might mean something roughly like "Wheel of Life" or "Living Wheel".
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American Zoetrope is Francis Ford Coppola's movie production company.