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Zoetrope

The Zoetrope (pronounced ZOH-uh-trohp), invented in 1834 by William
George Horner, was an early form of motion picture projector that
consisted of a drum containing a set of still images, that was turned in
a circular fashion in order to create the illusion of motion. Horner
originally called it the Daedatelum, but Pierre Desvignes, a French
inventor, renamed his version of it the Zoetrope (from Greek word root
zoo for animal life and trope for "things that turn.")

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