The Flip Book

Researching the history of flip books was actually very engaging to me because back in the Animation Skills module we had to do flip book, so I felt more interested in researching how they began. As it is obvious the concept of flip book is very straight forward- it is a sequence of images in a book, and the illusion of animation is created while flipping through the pages as quickly as possible. It may also employ a series of photographs instead of drawings.
The flip book was patented by John Barnes Linett back in 1868.
In 1894, Herman Casler invented a mechanized form of flip book called the Mutoscope, which mounted the pages on a central rotating cylinder rather than binding them in a book. The mutoscope remained a popular attraction through the mid-20th century, appearing as coin-operated machines in penny arcades and amusement parks. In 1897, the English filmmaker Henry William Short marketed his "Filoscope", which was a flip book placed in a metal holder to facilitate flipping.
I conciser the flip book to be a very convenient way of animating as it can be done by anyone and does not really need any special equipment for it.