... eye would perceive motion if a series of slightly different images was placed before it in rapid succession - minimally around sixteen per second. In 1832, Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau and Austrian geometry professor Simon Stampfer independently created the device that came to be called the Phenakistoscope. The Zoetrope, invented in 1833, contained a series of drawings on a narrow strip of paper inside a revolving ... ...

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... ; therefore, we couldn't pick which subjects we wanted to take. Everyone in his or her classroom have the same schedule. Some subjects are: Russian Literature, Russian Language, Mathematics, Algebra and Geometry (mostly studied in senior classes), Physics, Chemistry, Russian History, World History, Geography, Biology, Foreign Languages (English or German) Physical Education, Cooking, Arts and Crafts (for girls), Manual Work (for boys ... ...

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