Praxinoscope

OBJECT TYPE: Viewer
MANUFACTURER: Reynaud, E. (Firm)
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
OBJECT NAME VARIATION:
INTRODUCTION DATE: Feb. 1878
PRODUCTION DATES: Feb. 1878-
PATENT DATE: Dec. 21, 1877
IMAGE SIZE: 5.0cm X 67.5 cm
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: praxinoscope

NOTES:
  12 mirrored Praxinoscope (one mirror per image on strip); metal
  cylinder upon wood base. Similar zoetrope, spaces between mirrors act
  as shutter.
  Use of mirrors instead of slots in drum gives better effect of motion.
  Though the cylinder is moving, "the reflection of each picture seen in
  the facets of the mirror drum appeared to be stationary." (Coe: 35)
  Dimensions: 17.4 cm Height X 21.5 cm Diameter

MATERIAL VIEWED/PROJECTED: paper

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: E1107.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Coe, Brian. --The History of Movie Photography.-- Eastview Editions, 1981. 35.//
Balzer, Richard. --Optical Amusements: Magic Lanterns and Other Transforming Images A Catalog of Popular Entertainments.-- Watertown, MA: 1987. 64.//