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Tropes and scopes: a collection of magic lanterns and optical toys

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Dick Balzer’s collection of magic lanterns, zoetropes, thaumatropes, phenakistoscopes, and other optical toys is one of the finest in the world. He has been collecting “anything and everything invented before the movie camera that produces an optical effect” for 30 years.

The site’s boasts some new flash galleries which replicate some of the pieces’ effects (note: doesn’t seem to work in Safari).

  • http://normfeuti.com/ Norm

    Very cool.

    The flash galleries work for me using Safari 4.0.3. Maybe a version issue?

  • http://normfeuti.com Norm

    Very cool.

    The flash galleries work for me using Safari 4.0.3. Maybe a version issue?