PhenakistoscopeBy Flavie and Chloé

introduction

• The « Phenakistoscope » was invented in 1832 by a Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau.

• It is the predecessor of the flipbook, and the best way to make this animation is cyclical.

You will need :

• Stiff paper• Drawing paper

• A drawing compass• A protractor• A pencil

• A thumbtack• A ruler• Scissors• A mirror

Steps

1. Draw a circle with your compass in the center of the stiff paper, as big as you can.

2. Then thanks to a protactor, draw lines which divide this circle in ten equal parts, therefore 36 degrees per angle.

3. With a pair of scissors, cut the circle, then make slots which will measure half of the radius.

4. On another piece of paper, draw a circle which will have a radius which measures half of first circle’s radius.

5. Remake, the same angles as the first time. In each triangle draw a sketch of anything you want that evolves as it goes along.

6. Once the drawings are done, cut the small circle and glue it in the middle of the first one.

7. Make a hole at the centre of the circles with a thumbtack which will help you to animate the drawings.

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