1857 in animation
Events in 1857 in animation.
Events
- Specific date unknown:
- *In 1857, the earliest known illustration of a vertical biunial magic lantern, probably provided by E.G. Wood, appeared in the Horne & Thornthwaite catalogue. Biunial lanterns, with two projecting optical sets in one apparatus, were produced to more easily project dissolving views.
- *In 1857, the social reformer Florence Nightingale produced "coxcombs" as part of a campaign to improve sanitary conditions in the British Army. It was an early example two-dimensional example of scientific visualization. This prefigured modern scientific visualization techniques that use computer graphics.
Births
January
January 4: Émile Cohl, French comics artist, caricaturist and film director,.Specific date unknown
- Romeyn Beck Hough, American botanist and physician,.
- George R. Tweedie, English businessman,,.