Animation Past And Present

I will now research Emile Reynaud who is the inventor of the 'Praxinoscope'
Improving on the Phenakistiscope and Zoetrope, Reynaud devised the Praxinoscope.
The Praxinoscope was invented in 1877. The Praxinoscope consisted of a central drum of mirrors, which were between the axis and the picture strip, so that as the toy revolved the reflection of each picture seen in the mirror-drum appeared stationary, withThere was a central drum of mirrors.




http://www.victorian-cinema.net/reynaud.htm