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==Tachyscope home models== Anschütz developed four types of a patented "Schnellseher" or "Tachyscope" that were improved versions of the [[zoetrope]]. In September 1887, Anschütz introduced a hand-cranked Tachyscope with a diameter of {{cvt|58|cm}} and with the choice to look through one of three rows with 19, 20 and 21 apertures. This allowed the use of strips with different amounts of pictures and the choice to view the images either as staying in place or moving around. Scientific chronophotographer [[Étienne-Jules Marey]] bought such a Tachyscope in March 1889. It was followed in 1890 by a "Salon Tachyscope" for which the {{cvt|180|cm}} long picture bands had to be attached to a base to form the zoetrope-type drum. Each strip had the appropriate amount of slots in between the lithographed pictures and the base could be turned into a vertical position. Anschütz produced two simplified versions in 1891. The zoetrope-type Schnellsehers were mainly made for people to use at home and Anschütz probably wanted to make his work available to many people through commercial exploitation, but he was very careful to keep the image quality high and chose to manufacture all image strips personally at his studio, which resulted in relatively small quantities.<ref name=zoetrope>{{Cite journal|journal=The New Magic Lantern Journal|last=Rossell|first=Deac|title=The Anschuetz Zoetropes|url=https://www.academia.edu/1078596}}</ref> At his own studio in Berlin, Anschütz offered hand-cranked home models with glass wheels and Geissler tubes as well as zoetrope Schnellsehers until at least 1905.
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