Eadweard Muybridge

What is the zoopraxiscope?

a lantern that projected a series of images in successive phases through the use of multiple cameras

What was Eadweard Muybridge?

an English inventor and photographer

The zoopraxiscope was like the first...

movie projector

Why did Eadweard Muybridge begin experimenting with motion photography?

to prove that all 4 legs of a horse are off the ground at the same time while trotting

What were the names of his 3 published works?

Animal Locomotion, Animals in Motion, and The Human Figure in Motion

How did Eadweard Muybridge produce his first motion picture in 1878?

By setting up the images on a rotating disk and projecting them onto a screen

Who developed the zoopraxiscope?

Eadweard Muybridge

What was Eadweard Muybridge's greatest legacy?

His influence on other inventors and artists such as Thomas Edison and William Dickson

What was his first motion picture called?

Horse in Motion

By publishing a massive collection of images in the book "Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Connecting Phases of Animal Movements" what did Eadweard Muybridge contribute to?

Scientists' understanding of animal biology and movement

Eadweard Muybridge was also known as...

The Father of Motion Picture

zoopraxiscope

early machine for projecting motion pictures onto a distant surface

What was Eadweard Muybridge famous for?

panoramic landscape images

After his death in 1904, where were his zoopraxiscope disks and the zoopraxiscope itself bequeathed to?

the Kingston Museum

What allowed his to produce his 1st motion picture?

the zoopraxiscope