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1861 J. D. Easter tr. J. Frick Physical Technics 205 The phantoscope.—..The time necessary for a complete revolution of the figure is divided into as many parts as there are holes in the disk.

1908 A. Bennett Old Wives' Tale i. iv. 66 You could see [at the fair]..the skeletons of the mysterious phantoscope.

1939 Times 15 July 8/4 I have in my possession a ‘Phantoscope’, by T. M. Baynes,..dated July, 1833... The disk is slowly revolved in front of a looking-glass and by looking through the slits one sees the figures come to life.

2002 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 14 Oct. 19 Revellers enjoyed entertainment from Phantoscopes, midgets, marionettes and the wax works.

1894 Westm. Gaz. 14 Sept. 8/1 This new invention, called the phantoscope, and patented by Mr. W. S. Simpson, differs from the traditional kaleidoscope as..any object whatever can, through an aperture at the end, be placed within it—a bee, for instance, a butterfly, a spray of maidenhair fern, or a sprig of heather, producing a complex vision of quite inconceivable beauty.