Talk:Étienne-Jules Marey

Latest comment: 1 month ago by Gogowinston in topic To prove Marey?

To prove Marey? edit

Perhaps Marey thought so, as many people, but he was hired by Leland Stanford, who thought the same thing.--Jbaranao (talk) 22:54, 16 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Let's clarify the timeline.  Marey provided instrumented proof that the horses foot left the ground while galloping in La Machine Animale - see Chapter VI, starting on Page 171.  (https://archive.org/details/lamachineanimale00mare/page/170/mode/2up)
Dr. John H. Lienhard clarifies in his article on Marey & Muybridge that Stanford wanted photographic proof of the horse suspended in the air, and hired Muybridge to do the work. (https://engines.egr.uh.edu/episode/826)
So, this section of the article might better be stated as:
The English photographer Eadweard Muybridge was commissioned by Leland Stanford to conduct his "Photographic Investigation" in Palo Alto, California, to photographically confirm Marey's data showing that a all of a galloping horse's hooves left the ground for a brief moment. Muybridge published his photos in 1878 to worldwide acclaim. Gogowinston (talk) 03:34, 4 April 2024 (UTC)Reply



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