Children's book has chapters on the spinning top and automatic pilot; steps to the cinematograph (persistence of vision, rotating disc, thaumatrope, 'cinema books', zoetrope, film projection, the cine camera, drawing cartoons, stereoscopic films, slow and fast motion, colour and sound in film); kites and aeroplanes; leather 'sucker' and aneroid; glass rainbows and stars; windmills and turbines; the inventor's job. Mainly illustrated with diagrams.
| Item number | 45299 |
|---|---|
| Category | Book |
| Type | Toys And Games |
| Dimensions | length 193mm; breadth128mm; thickness 14mm |
| Language | English |
| Country of origin | UK |
| Related people | Herbert McKay (author) |
Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection