Noun
An instrument, similar to the phenakistoscope, for presenting to view, or projecting upon a screen, images the natural motions of real objects.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe praxinoscope was an improvement on the zoetrope that became popular toward the end of the 19th century, citation displacing the zoetrope for practical uses; a magic lantern praxinoscope was demonstrated in the 1880s. Source: Internet