This is a 19th century optical toy which generally consists of a cylinder which contains a mass of pictures on the inner surface which when viewed through the slits with the actual cylinder rotating, this gives of an impression of continuous motion.
The very first zoetroped in which was invented was in China by a man by the name of Ding Huan in 180 AD. However, in 1934 the modern zoetrope was invented by a man known as William Horner, who originally called it by the name of Daedalum which means the Wheel of the Devil.
This was based on Plateau's phenakistoscope, but was deemed more convenient as it didn't require a viewing mirror and as it also allowed more than one individual to use it within the same period of time.
This is a modern day replica of Victorian Zoetrope.
If you're still confused as to what a Zoetrope is, it basically is one of the several pre-film animation devices in which was used to be able to produce the illusion of motion simply by displaying a variety of sequences of drawings and or photographs which showed the progressive phases of that specific motion.
Bibliography:
"Zoetrope". En.wikipedia.org. Web. 25 May 2017.
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