| RefNo | AP/62/5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'The attitudes of animals in motion' by E [Eadweard] Muybridge |
| Creator | Muybridge; Eadweard (1830-1904); English photographer |
| Date | 1883 |
| Description | Muybridge presents his method of taking 'successive instantaneous photographs' in order to analyse the movements of the limbs in the locomotion of quadrupeds, focusing on the horse.
Annotations in ink throughout.
Subject: Photography / Animal locomotion
Received 20 April 1883. Communicated by William Spottiswoode, President of the Royal Society.
A version of this paper was published by Muybridge in the Journal of the Franklin Institute: Muybridge, Eadweard. 'The attitudes of animals in motion.' The Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 115, number 4 (1883), pp. 260-274. |
| Extent | 31p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1016/0016-0032(83)90276-4 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/9/71 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7690 | Spottiswoode; William (1825 - 1883); mathematician and physicist | 1825 - 1883 |