The word Thaumatrope originated from Greek origins, it roughly translates to "wonder turner".
The Thaumatrope was said to be created by two people, John Ayrton Paris and Peter Mark Roget, Paris used the thaumatrope to demonstrate the persistence of vision for educational purposes to the Royal College of Physicians in London back in 1824. Now however it is used as a toy for animation purposes.
The thaumatrope is a disk that contains two pictures, one on each side and contains two strings to hold it together. When the strings are twirled between your fingers quickly the two pictures on each side blend into one because of the persistence of vision.
The common thaumatrope generally consists of things like a bare tree on one side of the coin and its leaves on the other or a bird on one side and its cage on the other, they can also consist of poems and riddles having lines of writing on each side.
This is a short clip showing how to create a simple thaumatrope.
Thaumatrope is the first of many uses of optical illusion originating in the 19th century.
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