flip book

optical toy
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flip book
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flip book

Summary

flip book is a type of book[1]. It draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_book category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • flip book is credited with the discovery of Pierre-Hubert Desvignes[3].
  • flip book is credited with the discovery of John Linett Barnes[4].
  • flip book's image is recorded as Linnet kineograph 1886.jpg[5].
  • flip book's instance of is recorded as type of book[6].
  • flip book's GND ID is recorded as 4441141-8[7].
  • flip book's subclass of is recorded as optical toy[8].
  • flip book's subclass of is recorded as toy and movable books[9].
  • flip book's Commons category is recorded as Flipbook[10].
  • flip book's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1860-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • flip book's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03pqnz[12].
  • flip book's significant event is recorded as patent application process[13].
  • flip book's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300201033[14].
  • flip book's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000298406[15].
  • flip book's Quora topic ID is recorded as Flip-Book[16].
  • flip book's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as flip-books[17].
  • flip book's Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ID is recorded as gf2014026105[18].
  • flip book's Thesaurus for Graphic Materials ID is recorded as tgm004116[19].
  • flip book's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 13394[20].
  • flip book's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 37145[21].
  • flip book's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/20831f6c-9661-469f-bdb6-2f526fe72144[22].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Pierre-Hubert Desvignes[3] and John Linett Barnes[4], an inventor[23], b. 1835[24], specialised in flip book[25].

Why It Matters

flip book draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_book category, ranking #1 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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