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Zoetrope

arts Maturity 11-13

A zoetrope is a fun toy.

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911 Zoetrope.jpg
It is a spinning drum. It has small slits on the sides. You look through the slits at pictures. The pictures look like they move! It is like magic.
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Muybridge zoetrope.gif
Do you want to see it spin?

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1855 czermak - das Stereophoroskop (fig....
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