KIDS QUIZ
CARTOONS AND ANIMATED SHOWS
Question
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Only one person could use it at a time
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They were too expensive for people to afford
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Factories had trouble producing them
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People got bored of them too quickly
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Detailed explanation-1: -The phenakistoscope uses the persistence of motion principle to create an illusion of motion. Although this principle had been recognized by the Greek mathematician Euclid and later in experiments by Newton, it was not until 1829 that this principle became firmly established by Joseph Plateau.
Detailed explanation-2: -Noun. An early animation device consisting of a disc or drum which rotated, showing successive images through slits, often via a mirror, thus producing the illusion of motion.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is a phenakistoscope? Invented in 1831, the phenakistoscope (from the Greek words meaning βto cheat, ββ as it tricks the eyes) is a circular, slotted disc with a sequence of images between the slots on one side.