. Descriptive zoopraxography, or, The science of animal locomotion made popular. Animal locomotion. SOME CONSECUTIVE PHASES OF THE CANTER. THE GALLOP. The gallop is the most rapid method of quadrupedal motion; in its action the feet are independently brought to the ground; the spring into the air as in the canter is effected from a fore foot, and the landing upon the diagonal hind foot. The phases illustrated are selected from the stride of a thorough-bred Kentucky horse, galloping at the rate of a mile in a hundred seconds, with a stride of about twenty-one lineal feet. The length of stride a
. Descriptive zoopraxography, or, The science of animal locomotion made popular. Animal locomotion. SOME CONSECUTIVE PHASES OF THE CANTER. THE GALLOP. The gallop is the most rapid method of quadrupedal motion; in its action the feet are independently brought to the ground; the spring into the air as in the canter is effected from a fore foot, and the landing upon the diagonal hind foot. The phases illustrated are selected from the stride of a thorough-bred Kentucky horse, galloping at the rate of a mile in a hundred seconds, with a stride of about twenty-one lineal feet. The length of stride and the distance which the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904. [Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania
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