The Attitudes of Animals in Motion, Illustrated with the Zoopraxiscope

By Eadweard Muybridge

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• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Aug 1, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547139317

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Eadweard Muybridge

The Attitudes of Animals in Motion, Illustrated with the Zoopraxiscope

EAN 8596547139317

DigiCat, 2022

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Table of Contents

The Walk.

The Trot.

The Amble.

The Rack or Pace.

The Canter

The Gallop or Run.

The Leap.

The Walk.

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Selecting the horse for the purposes of illustration, we find that during his slowest progressive movement—the walk—he has always two, and, for a varying period, three feet on the ground at once. With a fast walking horse the time of support upon three feet is exceedingly brief; while during a very slow walk all four feet are occasionally on the ground at the same instant.

The successive order of what may be termed foot fallings are these. Commencing with the landing of the left hind foot, the next to strike the ground