HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPH AND CINEMA The “toy” called thaumatropio

HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPH AND CINEMA The “toy” called thaumatropio, described by British physicist Dr John Ayrton Paris (1785-24 December 1856), exploits the phenomenon of image persitence on the retina to marvel at little ones, but also the adults of the early nineteenth century, completing “magically” the half-images that are located on the two sides of a cardboard disc When the lanyards are rotated fast with fingers, the two images seem to merge into one. In the figure at the top of the horse appears the acrobat, in the middle the wig covers the head of the bald, at the bottom the cage encloses the bird. United Kingdom, 1825