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Unpublished paper, 'The attitudes of animals in motion' by E [Eadweard] Muybridge

Reference number: AP/62/5

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.

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AP/62/5
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1883
Physical description
Ink on paper
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31 pages
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Manuscript

Creator name

Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge, Unpublished paper, 'The attitudes of animals in motion' by E [Eadweard] Muybridge, 1883, AP/62/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_62_5/unpublished-paper-the-attitudes-of-animals-in-motion-by-e-eadweard-muybridge, accessed on 03 October 2024

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