The invention of the thaumatrope is usually credited to either John Ayrton Paris or Peter Mark Roget, who used one to demonstrate persistence of vision to the Royal College of Physicians in London in 1824.
The invention of the thaumatrope is usually credited to either John Ayrton Paris or Peter Mark Roget. Either John Ayrton Paris used one. This was to demonstrate persistence of vision to the Royal College of Physicians in London in 1824. Either Peter Mark Roget used one. This was to demonstrate persistence of vision to the Royal College of Physicians in London in 1824.