The Capturer Of Motion

Eadweard Muybridge most known for his images of the former governor of California, Leland Stanford race horse. Where he was able to capture the movement of Stanfords prime horse frame by frame.

Stanford hired Muybridge for a portfolio depicting his mansion, other possessions, and to seek the answerer for this question.

When horses are galloping is there a moment when all four feet are off the floor?

How?

Muybridge was able to accomplish this by creating a series of wires ran from the angled wall every 21 inches to the shed where they pulled triggers connected to an electrical circuit. When the horse ran down the track it would trip the wires, pull the trigger that closed the electrical circuit, and release rubber springs loaded at 100 pounds of pressure that snapped the shutters closed at one-thousandth of a second.

Stanford racehorse Occident was the subject that Muybridge would be photographing but not in the traditional portrait sense, but in more constructive scientific way that ended a wager in Stanfords favor.