Mr. Muybridge’s experiments on the gaits of the horse are famous. He used a battery of cameras as shown in our first [engraving]. Some of the results obtained are shown in [Fig. 2].
FIG. 1.—ARRANGEMENTS ADOPTED BY MR. MUYBRIDGE IN HIS EXPERIMENTS
ON THE GAITS OF A HORSE.
On the left is the reflecting screen against which the animal appeared en silhouette.
On the right is the series of photographic apparatus, of which each one took an image.
FIG. 2.—TWELVE SUCCESSIVE PHOTOGRAPHS, BY MR. MUYBRIDGE, OF A HORSE
IN FULL GALLOP.
In the last figure the horse is shown standing still. The speed of the horse was about 1,142 meters
(3,746 feet) per minute.
FIG. 3.—CHRONOPHOTOGRAPHIC TRAJECTORY OF A BRILLIANT BALL THROWN
ACROSS THE BLACK SCREEN.