mutoscope

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mutoscope, n. [L. mutare to change + -scope.].

A simple form of moving-picture machine in which the series of views, exhibiting the successive phases of a scene, are printed on paper and mounted around the periphery of a wheel. The rotation of the wheel brings them rapidly into sight, one after another, and the blended effect gives a semblance of motion. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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