joseph plateu;
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