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A thaumatrope of a mouse and a cage. British mathematician Charles Babbage recalled in 1864 that the thaumatrope was invented by the geologist William Henry Fitton. Babbage had told Fitton how the astronomer John Herschel had challenged him to show both sides of a shilling at once. Babbage held the coin in front of a mirror, but Herschel showed ...
He is a possible inventor of the thaumatrope, which he published with W. Phillips in April 1825. [1] Life
This medal is now in the collection of the Geological Museum, Trinity College, Dublin. Around 1825, according to Charles Babbage's autobiography, he invented the thaumatrope, which was later commercially publicised by Dr. John Ayrton Paris (to whom the invention is more usually attributed). [4] He died in London.
According to the 1864 narrative of the British mathematician Charles Babbage, the thaumatrope was invented by the Irish geologist William Henry Fitton. Babbage had told Fitton how the astronomer John Herschel had challenged him to show both sides of a shilling at once. Babbage held the coin in front of a mirror, but Herschel showed how both ...
1864 – According to the 1864 narrative of the British mathematician Charles Babbage, the thaumatrope was invented by the Irish geologist William Henry Fitton. Babbage had told Fitton how the astronomer John Herschel had challenged him to show both sides of a shilling at once. Babbage held the coin in front of a mirror, but Herschel showed how ...
Roget plaque, George Square, Edinburgh Peter Mark Roget was born in Broad Street, Soho, London, the son of Jean (John) Roget (1751–1783), a Genevan cleric born to French parents, and Catherine "Kitty" Romilly, the sister of British politician, abolitionist, and legal reformer Sir Samuel Romilly.
However, the inventor of the thaumatrope certainly believed that his device exploited persistence of vision, and so this information is included as a matter of historical context." I hope that this helps, this is my first Wikipedia activity. Best, Douglas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.107.120 19:09, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
originally invented in 1898 as autostereogram, now popularized as changing/moving pictures 1980 Mandelbrot set visualizations Benoit Mandelbrot: 1991 Magic Eye: Tom Baccei, Cheri Smith 3D / hidden image based on random dot stereogram techniques that have been known since 1919, [citation needed] further developed by Béla Julesz and Christopher ...