Praxinoscope Vienne Carrees Brown Base - Mini

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Praxinoscope Vienne Carrees Brown Base - MiniInvented in 1877 by Frenchman Emile Reynaud to overcome the deficiencies of the Zoetrope, this beautiful optical device entertains and delights. Complete with 20 animated strips, this is an example of one of the first motion picture instruments. Crafted with a weighted polymer base, this piece will adorn and educate, delight and entertain. If you have a graphic artist, a photographer, or movie buff in your life this piece is an ideal and unique gift.

This model is both a compass and a sundial

Scale significantly reduced (very complex instrument in this size could be used to learned its parts and basis of use

This piece is crafted of a polymer drum with a black polymer base

Max Height: 6

Miniature sundial

19th-century style

Miniature of classic European astrolabe

and brass clasp

The phenomena of binocular vision has been studied by the early scientists Euclides

Reproduction of a Diptych dial

this instrument is used to determine Solar time

and nautical astronomy at the renowned University of Louvain (Brussels