Invented in 1872, the first example of a _____________ was produced. It showed the first illusion of movement, using a disk with a series of drawings around the edge, with the same object in slightly different poses.

The description of a disk with drawings showing an object in slightly different poses identifies a phenakistoscope. When the disk spins and is viewed through its slots, the drawings appear to move. A zoetrope creates a similar illusion using a rotating cylinder, not a disk.

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