invention: phenakistoscope
date of invention: 1832
The phenakistoscope uses the persistence of motion principle
to create an illusion of motion. Although this principle
had been recognized by the Greek mathematician Euclid and later
in experiments by Newton, it was not until 1829 that this
principle became firmly established by Joseph Plateau.sources http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/html/exhibit07.htm
