Flip Book

Flip books are small books which are made of static images or text per page which vary slightly from one page to the next.

A flip book first appeared September, 1868, when it was patented by John Barnes Linnett under the name of Kineograph ("Moving Picture").

Even thought the flipbook was patented by John Barned Linnett in 1868, the flipbook was actually first created by Pierre-Hubert Desvignes, this is also the man who is usually given credit too for the invention.

In modern times flip books are often seen as childish entertainment and are sometimes used as prizes in childrens cereal boxes, although flip book animation has been used in some advertisements to promote cars and cigarettes.