Zoetrop

The Zoetrop was created by William Horner in 1834 and was origianally named the "Dardalum" which means ("wheel of the devil").
This "toy" was based on Plateau's phenakistoscope but it was a lot easier because more than one person was able to view it at the same time.
The way the Zoetrop works is that a sequence of hand drawn objects or images on strips of paper is placed at the bottom of the drum and slots are cut at the top of the drum just above where the pictured slips are positioned. When the drum is spun the images create an illusion of motion which is viewed by looking through the slots that had been created.