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![]() | Mariano TOMATIS Flip Books (4 of 30) The Flip Book is a device presenting a series of images in close succession, portraying the sequential stages of a motion. |
![]() | Codex Palatinus Germanicus 67 Werkstatt Ludwig Henfflin, Stuttgart 1470. |
![]() | John Barnes LINNETT Producing Optical Illusions London 14 march 1868.Flipbook patent |
![]() | Henry von HOEVENBERGH Optical Toy 20 june 1882.Flipbook patent |
![]() | Henry von HOEVENBERGH Optical Toy 16 may 1882.Flipbook patent |
![]() | Arthur Andrew MELVILLE An Improved Toy or Picture Book Birmingham 17 november 1886.Flipbook patent |
![]() | Breloques et images animées La Science illustrée, 5 december 1896. |
![]() | Le folioscope La Revue des nouveautés, N. 28, Comptoir de Spécialités Brevetées, Paris january 1897, pp. 6-7. |
![]() | Henri DE PARVILLE Le folioscope Journal des débats politiques et littéraires, 11 february 1897. |
![]() | Le folioscope Le Monde Illustré, Paris 20 march 1897, p. 186. |
![]() | John O'NEILL Improved Means or Method of Producing Living Pictures by the Manipulation of the Leaves of a Book Burnley 24 july 1897.Flipbook patent |
![]() | Le filoscope Le Monde Illustré, Paris 7 january 1899, p. 14. |
![]() | Le mutoscope Les Nouveautés photographiques, Paris 1900, pp. 107-108. |
![]() | “Dispositif pour le centrage des images dans les mutoscopes” L'Information photographique Paris 1902, pp. 305-307. |
![]() | Ferdinand FAIDEAU La science curieuse et amusante J. Tallandier, Paris 1902. |
![]() | Rudolf SCHULZE Livre contenant des vues cinématographiques Paris 5 september 1911.Flipbook patent |
![]() | Précurseurs ignorés du cinématographe Science et industries photographiques, N. 7, Vol. 6, P. Montel, Paris 1 july 1926, p. 76. |
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