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1870s

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

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    Motion Sequence

    Muybridge's Motion Studies 1878

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    Chromolithography

    1870s, the golden age of mass colour printing

  • 45

    Collotype

    1868, Joseph Albert's refined gelatin process

  • 46

    Praxinoscope

    1877, Émile Reynaud’s mirror animation device

  • 47

    Composite Portraiture

    1878, Francis Galton's published composite portraits

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504 effects — 321 historical, 183 machine. Dates mark introduction, breakthrough or wide use, not always invention.

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