ÉTIENNE-JULES MAREY Art Book contains 100 Photographic Reproductions of motion studies of humans, horses and birds with title, date and interesting facts page below.
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BORN: March 5, 1830 in Beaune, Cote-d’Or, France.
DIED: May 21, 1904, in Paris, France.
MEDIUM: French Scientist and Chronophotographer.
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ In 1849, Marey enrolled at the faculty of medicine to study physiology and surgery. He qualified as a doctor in 1859.
§ In 1864, he first studied blood circulation in the human body. This lead to further studies of respiration, muscles and movement of the body using polygraphs, dromographs, sphygmographs and myographs.
§ In 1873, his studies of the walk of man and horse, flight of birds and insects was published in La Machine Animale.
§ In 1874, Marey perfected the ‘photographic gun’, capable of taking twelve exposures in one second. In 1882, he invented a chronophotographic fixed plate camera, equipped with a timed shutter.
NOTABLE WORKS: Flying pelican c1882, Galloping horse.
Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).
BORN: March 5, 1830 in Beaune, Cote-d’Or, France.
DIED: May 21, 1904, in Paris, France.
MEDIUM: French Scientist and Chronophotographer.
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ In 1849, Marey enrolled at the faculty of medicine to study physiology and surgery. He qualified as a doctor in 1859.
§ In 1864, he first studied blood circulation in the human body. This lead to further studies of respiration, muscles and movement of the body using polygraphs, dromographs, sphygmographs and myographs.
§ In 1873, his studies of the walk of man and horse, flight of birds and insects was published in La Machine Animale.
§ In 1874, Marey perfected the ‘photographic gun’, capable of taking twelve exposures in one second. In 1882, he invented a chronophotographic fixed plate camera, equipped with a timed shutter.
NOTABLE WORKS: Flying pelican c1882, Galloping horse.
