Events in 1868 in animation.

Years in animation: 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871
Centuries: 18th century · 19th century · 20th century
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Years: 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871

Events

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  • Specific date unknown:
    • In 1868, the physicist James Clerk Maxwell had an improved zoetrope constructed.[1] Instead of slits, his version used concave lenses with a focal length equaling the diameter of the cylinder. The virtual image was thus seen in the centre and appeared much more sharp and steady than in the original zoetrope. Maxwell drew several strips that mostly demonstrated subjects relating to physics, like the vibrations of a harp string or Helmholtz's vortex rings threading through each other. An article about the "Zootrope perfectionné" was published in the French science magazine Le Cosmos in 1869, but Maxwell never marketed his animation device.[2]
    • In 1868, the Birmingham-based printer John Barnes Linnett received the first patent for the flip book. He gave the name kineograph to his device.[3][4] A flip book is a small book with relatively springy pages, each having one in a series of animation images located near its unbound edge. The user bends all of the pages back, normally with the thumb. Then by a gradual motion of the hand, the user allows them to spring free one at a time. As with the phenakistoscope, the zoetrope, and the praxinoscope, the illusion of motion is created by the apparent sudden replacement of each image by the next in the series. Unlike those other inventions, no view-interrupting shutter or assembly of mirrors is required and no viewing device other than the user's hand is absolutely necessary. Early film animators cited flip books as their inspiration more often than the earlier devices, which did not reach as wide an audience.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ Maxwell, James Clerk (May 18, 1995). The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell. CUP Archive. ISBN 9780521256261 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Le Cosmos; revue des sciences et de leurs applications". April 10, 1869 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ McDonough, John; Egolf, Karen (2015). The Advertising Age Encyclopedia of Advertising. Routledge. p. 81. ISBN 9781135949068. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  4. ^ Chronological Index of Patents Applied for and Patents Granted. G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode. 1869. p. 65. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  5. ^ Crafton 1993, p. 7.
  6. ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mayer_hy.htm
  7. ^ "Mayer, Henry". The Jewish Encyclopedia.
  8. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (2006) Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators. Hal Leonard Corp .ISBN 9781557836717. p. 227.
  9. ^ Sporn, Michael. "Lutz". Michael Sporn Animation, Inc. Splog. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  10. ^ Sedelmaier, J.J. (26 March 2012). "How Walt Disney Used His Kansas City Library Card". Print. Print Magazine. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  11. ^ Barrier, Michael (2008). The animated man : a life of Walt Disney (1st pbk. print. ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0520256194.
  12. ^ Denney, Pat Williams with Jim (2004). How to be like Walt. Deerfield Beach, Fla.: Health Communications. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-7573-0231-2.
  13. ^ "Driver, Ada Annie". AWR. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  14. ^ "DRIVER, ADA (G)". Photoria. Retrieved 2024-03-09.

Sources

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  • Crafton, Donald (1993). Before Mickey: The Animated Film 1898–1928. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-11667-0.