Thaumatropes

                            Thaumatrope

 A Thaumatrope is a toy created in the 19th century, which consisted of two images on a piece of string which were then spun around as the string was twisted to give the effect of persistence of vision. Which merged two images into one, for example, a piece of paper on one side would have a photograph of a glass vase, and on the other side would be a bundle of roses. When the string was twisted it would create the effect of the roses being inside the vase.

The Inventor of the Thaumatrope is credited to John Aryton Paris  in 1824 where it is said that he used it  to show persistence of vision to the Royal College of Physicians London. Yet it is also said that it  may have been invented by geologist William Henry Fitton after a challenge to show both sides of a shilling at once in 1864 which then went on to create a thaumatrope.

There are very few advantages and disadvantages to the thaumatrope; an advantage is that they are very easy to produce simply requiring two pieces of paper and string. A disadvantage could be that they require a standard amount of artistic skill.

Here are some examples of the Thaumatrope

The three seen here are the somewhat most well known examples of the thaumatrope, with the two on the left consisting of a cage and a bird and when the string is being spun it will give the apparition of the bird being inside the cage. The effect is the same for the other two with the goldfish appearing inside the bowl, and the same for the one with the flowers and the vase which was explained above.


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This is also a Gif of the thaumatrope to further explain how the persistence of vision effect works.












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