Praxinoscope

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

  Praxinoscope \Prax*in"o*scope\, n. [Gr. ? action + -scope.]
     (Opt.)
     An instrument, similar to the phenakistoscope, for presenting
     to view, or projecting upon a screen, images the natural
     motions of real objects.
     [1913 Webster]