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English photographer Eadweard Muybridge was born #OTD in 1830.

Muybridge is known for his pioneering chronophotography of animal locomotion between 1878 and 1886, which used multiple cameras to capture the different positions in a stride; and for his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting painted motion pictures from glass discs that predated the flexible perforated film strip used in cinematography.

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Muybridge's The Horse in Motion, 1878 Eadweard Muybridge - Provided directly by Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division The Horse in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge. Noted photographer, Eadweard Muybridge was hired, in 1872, by Leland Stanford a railroad baron and future university founder, to find out if there was moment mid-stride where horses had all hooves off the ground. It took several years but Muybridge delivered having captured a horse, named "Sallie Gardner," owned by Stanford; running at a 1:40 gait over the Palo Alto track, on 19th June 1878. Muybridge used a dozen cameras all triggered one after another with a set of strings.
Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill. Creator: Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904 Date: 1877 Part of: Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill. Place: San Francisco, California Description: This panorama of San Francisco comprises 11 photographs, taken over a period of several hours from the central tower of Central Pacific Railroad magnate Mark Hopkins' then unfinished Nob Hill home, located at the corner of California and Mason Streets. The mansion burned to the ground in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Physical Description: 1 photographic print: albumen; unfolds to 19 x 221 cm on 31 x 228 cm linen mount File: vault_folio_f869_s3m9_01_11_opt.jpg Rights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu. For more information and to view full panorama in High Resolution, click here: http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wes/id/2162 View U.S. West: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/all/cul/wes/