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| Eadweard Muybridge snippet |
| Even today, Muybridge's work is studied under the auspices of the science of biomechanics and the mechanics of athletics. |
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| Eadweard Muybridge |
| Eadweard Muybridge (April 9, 1830 – May 8, 1904) was an English-born photographer, known primarily for his early use of multiple cameras to
capture motion, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated celluloid film strip still used today. |
| Muybridge had successfully photographed a horse in fast motion using a series of fifty cameras. The cameras were arranged along a track
parallel to the horse's, and each of the camera shutters was controlled by a trip wire which was triggered by the horse's hooves. |
| This series of photos, taken at what is now Stanford University, is called The Horse in Motion, and shows that the hooves all leave the
ground. |
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