Joseph plateau (October 14, 1801 – September 15, 1883)
was a Belgian physicist, known for inventing the stroboscope. He was the first person to show an illusion of
a moving image.
In 1832, Joseph Plateau and his sons introduced the
phenakistoscope, also known as the spindle viewer. It was a device where Pictures
on a disc were viewed through slots in the other, it appeared to move when the
two discs were spun and viewed in a mirror. It was also invented by Simon von
Stampfer of Vienna in the same year, who called his invention a stroboscope. Plateau's
inspiration had come from the work of Michael Faraday and Peter Mark Roget. Michael
Faraday had invented a device which had two discs that spun in opposite directions
from one another. Joseph adapted Faraday's wheel into a toy, which he named the
phenakistoscope.
Below, is a video of an example of a phenakistoscope. The spinning
wheel creates the illusion of movement.
Josephs invention was
successful for two years, until another invention was brought out which had
better improvements. As the phenakistoscope was the first device of stop motion,
I believe that it made a big impact towards the history of stop motion and it
therefore influenced other inventors to create something better.
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