Descriptive Zoopraxography; or, the science of animal locomotion made popularMuybridge, Eadweard
Science
Descriptive Zoopraxography; or, the science of animal locomotion made popular
Muybridge, Eadweard
Animal locomotion
"I am lost with admiration of these photographs of Mr.
Muybridge."--PROFESSOR MAREY, in _La Nature, Paris._
[Illustration: 47. COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION SPEEDWAY.]
"Interesting and instructive to all."--_New York Herald._
"Highly interesting and valuable for every lover of horses."--_Illustrirte
Zeitung, Berlin._
"We cannot more fittingly conclude our review than by repeating our
recommendation of the work to all artistic and scientific bodies."--_The
Nation, New York._
"So perfect was the synthesis that a dog in the lecture room barked and
endeavored to chase the phantom horses as they galloped across the
screen."--_Berkeley Weekly News._
[Illustration: 48. VILLAGE BLACKSMITHS.]
"Noted artists, such as Menzel, Knaus, Begas; eminent scientists, such as
von Helmholtz, Siemens and Förster and even the imperturbable
field-marshal, Count von Moltke, were enthusiastic in their
applause."--_Illustrirte Zeitung._
"A very large number could not obtain admission, so great was the desire to
hear the lecture.... A wonderful surprise even to the careful observer of
Nature."--_Die Press_, Vienna.
"The lecture was received with stormy applause."--_Berliner Post_, Berlin.
"The lecture was given in a popular manner, with scientific accuracy and
artistic taste.... The room was filled to the last corner; nearly all the
Royal Family and the Ministers were present."--_Münchener Neueste
Nachrichten_, Munich.
[Illustration: 49. A FAN FLIRTATION.]
"After attending Mr. Muybridge's demonstrations, we felt no surprise at his
having been received so enthusiastically in Paris."--_Berliner Tageblatt_,
Berlin.
"The lectures of Mr. Muybridge are unquestionably the most intensely
interesting we ever listened to. No one in Berlin should fail to attend
them."--_Norddeutsch Allgem Zeitung_, Berlin.
"Some lectures are too technical for the general public. Here is one in
which everybody is interested. The Lecture Theatre was crammed to
repletion; we thought a few vacant places might have been reserved for
those whose pleasant duty it is to record the brilliant success of Mr.
Muybridge."--_Pall Mall Budget_, London.
[Illustration: 50. ATHLETE, RUNNING LONG JUMP.]
"So great an interest did the demonstrations excite that Mr. Muybridge was
unanimously requested to repeat them. Two days afterward this distinguished
company, including the venerable Field-Marshal (Count von Moltke) himself,
attended a repetition of the lecture."--_Illustrirte Zeitung._
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_APPENDIX B._
ANIMAL LOCOMOTION.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
The results of the investigation executed for the University of
Pennsylvania are
SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE SHEETS OF ILLUSTRATIONS,
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