July 30, 2008
Bring the devil to life
— srikanth @ 9:11 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1217452289 ) 
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Answer:
The device is called a zoetrope. (Ostensibly a faraway predecessor to the modern GIF animation, and probably equally annoying to people of the time ;-))
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July 30th, 2008 at 9:18 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1217452692 )
zoetrope
July 30th, 2008 at 11:14 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1217459647 )
The Phenakistoscope
July 30th, 2008 at 11:15 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1217459744 )
Its actually a Zoetrope not a Phenakistoscope.
July 31st, 2008 at 12:05 am, GMT +0000 ( 1217462748 )
Zoetrope.
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Tathagata Chatterjee
July 31st, 2008 at 12:28 am, GMT +0000 ( 1217464088 )
Zoetrope – Gives you an illusion of moving pictures when viewed from the slits.
July 31st, 2008 at 3:13 am, GMT +0000 ( 1217474022 )
Zoetrope/Wheel of Devil/Daedalum
July 31st, 2008 at 5:24 am, GMT +0000 ( 1217481856 )
Is it a Carausel Motion Lamp. When lighted, it revolves and the paintings inside appear as if moving.
July 31st, 2008 at 5:57 am, GMT +0000 ( 1217483844 )
zoetrope
July 31st, 2008 at 7:02 am, GMT +0000 ( 1217487751 )
The Zoetrope , which was used to view d equivalent of a motion picture in gud ol\’ times…Was initially named \
July 31st, 2008 at 7:03 am, GMT +0000 ( 1217487820 )
The Zoetrope , which was used to view d equivalent of a motion picture in gud ol’ times…Was initially named “The daedalum” meaning ‘the wheel of the devil’ in Latin..
July 31st, 2008 at 9:11 am, GMT +0000 ( 1217495516 )
A Zoetrope?
July 31st, 2008 at 10:38 am, GMT +0000 ( 1217500721 )
Zoetrope.
July 31st, 2008 at 11:17 am, GMT +0000 ( 1217503039 )
zoopraxiscope?
July 31st, 2008 at 11:46 am, GMT +0000 ( 1217504815 )
Zoetrope ?
July 31st, 2008 at 1:10 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1217509829 )
Zoetrope
July 31st, 2008 at 5:36 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1217525793 )
That’s a zoetrope.
July 31st, 2008 at 7:38 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1217533132 )
Zoetrope
July 31st, 2008 at 8:16 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1217535398 )
Zoetrope. A question I’ve asked in a couple of quizzes is to put this alongside a photo of Francis Ford Coppola, and ask junta to connect.