Zoetrope

Zoetrope

A zoetrope is a device that produces the illusion of motion from a rapid succession of static pictures. The term zoetrope is from the Greek words ζωή (zoē), meaning "alive, active", and τροπή (tropē), meaning "turn", with "zoetrope" taken to mean "active turn" or "wheel of life".

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    “He would diligently play
    On the Zoetrope all day,
    And blow the gay Pantechnicon all night.”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)