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1830s

3 effects · The decade marks introduction, breakthrough or wide use

  • 07

    Daguerreotype

    Introduced in 1839, portrait boom in the 1840s

  • 08

    Phenakistiscope Loop

    1832, Joseph Plateau's spinning animation disc

  • 09

    Zoetrope

    1834, William George Horner's device; popular in the 1860s

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The History of Visual Effects · 1820–2026

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