Phantascope

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phantascope \Phan"ta*scope\ (f[a^]n"t[.a]*sk[=o]p), n. [Gr.
     fa`ntasma image + -scope.]
     An optical instrument or toy, resembling the phenakistoscope,
     and illustrating the same principle; -- called also
     {phantasmascope}.
     [1913 Webster]