In the 16th century, the idea of flip books came to reality, and these were distributed through Europe. The use of flip books at that time was not for child use or animations but sexual pleasure, exposing the female/male parts. However, after this during the 1800's there were two new types of animations.The Phenakistiscope and the praxinoscope were invented, it was said that the praxinoscope was the most advanced method of animation for its time. The praxinoscope had worked much like the zoetrope but used an inner circle of mirrors rather than having the slits. Whereby the Phenakistiscope was introduced by a Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau and his sons.
Charles Emile Reynaud who had invented the Praxinoscope had significantly developed a way of projecting animation on the screen. This showed to be a significant development that would change the future of animations. Cinematography aided this development. George Melies who was a filmmaker had been credited with being the inventor of special effects; his fame also came from an accidental invention of stop frame animation.
During the 1800's another design was brought to the animation industry, this was the Thaumatrope which was invented by Dr. John Ayrton in 1825. The meaning behind the Thaumatrope is the 'magic turn.' The way in which this worked was to pieces of paper stuck back to back with a piece of string through it. The aim of this form of animation was to amuse children like all other types of animation.
Following this event, in 1826 the first photograph was taken with the camera obscura by a company called Nicephone Niepie. Eight hours was the length of time that was taken to capture a photo.
Ultimately, the development of the printing industry held a great significance, by 1983 two New York publications were printing in color, these were the Times and the New York Journal. This revolution of printing led to the comic strip emerging; this was an important and intrinsic part of the animation industry.
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