Moving imagery entertainment

Thaumoscope:
 An optical illusion which works as the image stays on the retina for an 8th of a second. Here is one i have made and how it works.

Phenakistoscope:
 Early animation device that used a spinning disk of sequential images and the persistence of vision principle to create the illusion of motion.

Zoetrope:
19th century optical toy consisting of a cylinder with a series of pictures on the inner surface that when viewed through slits with the cylinder rotating, it gives the impression of a continuous motion.

Stereoscope:
Two images apart viewed together through goggles to create the illusion of a three dimensional image.

Edward Muybridge:
Took continuous photos of a horse running and created a zoetrope to monitor how the horse functions whilst running and how it uses its legs to gain speed.