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RefNoAP/62/5
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'The attitudes of animals in motion' by E [Eadweard] Muybridge
CreatorMuybridge; Eadweard (1830-1904); English photographer
Date1883
DescriptionMuybridge 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.
Extent31p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1016/0016-0032(83)90276-4
RelatedRecordRR/9/71
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7690Spottiswoode; William (1825 - 1883)1825 - 1883
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