A zoetrope is a device that produces the illusion of motion from a series of static pictures branded around the inside of a spinning cylinder. Users look through slits in the cylinder to see animated sequences as the pictures rapidly pass by. While William Horner created the modern zoetrope in 1833, its origins can be traced back to ancient devices created in China in 180AD. The phenakistiscope, an early animation device, enabled the invention of the zoetrope in the 1800s.

1. Zoetrope
By Anthony Lewis and Savannah
Houston

2. What is a zoetrope?
• “A zoetrope is a device that produces the
illusion of motion from a rapid succession of
static pictures” he created the modern one in
1833, but previously its origins started in
China.
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3. How does it work?
• On the inner surface of the cylinder is branded
with sequence's pictures. As the cylinder
spins, the user looks through the slits in order
to see the sequence.
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4. First inventor
• William Horner created the zoetrope in 1833
but the origins dated back to china in 180AD
by Ting huan , also referred to as “Wheel of
the devil”

5. What allowed it be invented
• Phenakistiscope enabled the zoetrope to be
created in the 1800s this is because it was an
early animation device, which then led to the
invention of the zoetrope.