Phenakistoscope: The Animated Gif Of The 19th Century

C Dr Published 10/18/2013

Pre-dating the first animated gif (1987) by almost 155 years, Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau unveiled an invention called the Phenakistoscope, which is considered to be the first mechanism for true animation.

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