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Meaning of taumatrópo




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taumatrópo
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It is a cardboard disc that rotated on its axis by means of ropes that were tied to its ends, on both sides of the disc there were different but complementary images. Usually the drawings that were usually used in this type of toys were of animals and to achieve the illusion of movement the strings of the thaumatrope had to be pulled with the fingers

  



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