Eadweard Muybridge with his animals in motion images

Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904), US photographer and inventor, showing his instananeous photographs of animals in motion at the Royal Society. Muybridge invented a shutter which allowed an exposure of 1/500 seconds and using a battery of between 12 and 24 cameras, was able in 1877 to show that a trotting horse had all of its feet off the ground at times. In 1884-5, he carried out an extensive survey of the ovements of animals and humans for the University of Pennsylvania, publishing the results as Animal Locomotion (1887)

1877 Allowed Battery Cameras Eadweard Exposure Extensive Humans Invented Locomotion Muybridge Results Seconds Shutter Survey Trotting

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