The horse in motion as shown by instantaneous photography : with a study on animal mechanics founded on anatomy and the revelations of the camera, in which is demonstrated the theory of quadrupedal locomotion / by J. D. B. Stillman ; executed and published under the auspices of Leland Stanford.

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Stillman, J. D. B. (Jacob Davis Babcock), 1819-1888, The horse in motion as shown by instantaneous photography , 1882

Creator:: Stillman, J. D. B. (Jacob Davis Babcock), 1819–1888
Title(s):: The horse in motion as shown by instantaneous photography : with a study on animal mechanics founded on anatomy and the revelations of the camera, in which is demonstrated the theory of quadrupedal locomotion / by J. D. B. Stillman ; executed and published under the auspices of Leland Stanford.
Published/Created:: Boston : James R. Osgood and Company, 1882.
Physical Description:: 127 p., cvii leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF289 .S75 1882+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/922029
Classification:: Books
Notes:: The original photographs that served as the basis of the analysis of the paces, were executed by Eadweard James Muybridge. Cf. preface, p. [iii], and appendix, p. [123]-127.
Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 222
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original brown cloth.
Subject Terms:: Animal locomotion.
Chronophotography.
Horses -- Paces, gaits, etc.
Form/Genre:: Photomechanical prints -- 1882.
Contributors:: Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830–1904, photographer.
Stanford, Leland, 1824–1893.
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