1830s


1832

Joseph Plateau and Simon von Stampfer simultaneously invent the phenakistiscope, the first instrument to reproduce the illusion of movement by breaking it down into a series of drawings.

1833

William Horner invents the daedaleum, marketed later as the zoetrope.

>> Watch video Zoetrope 1 (La llum del cinema series).

>> Watch video Zoetrope 2 (La llum del cinema series).