zoopraxiscope

Japanese: zoopraxiscope
zoopraxiscope

...In 1872, at the request of Leland Stanford (former governor of California), he created a special photosensitive plate and exposure device to settle a debate about animal movement, as to whether a horse's four legs leave the ground when it runs. He succeeded in taking high-speed instantaneous photographs, proving that all four legs leave the ground. In 1880, he developed the zoopraxiscope (meaning a device for observing animal movements), and succeeded in continuously filming all kinds of movements of humans and animals. This was extremely important as it was not just an analysis of movements, but a reproduction of the movements themselves, and thus marked the beginning of the development of film.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "zoopraxiscope" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また72年,リランド・スタンフォード(元カリフォルニア州知事)の要請で,馬が走るとき4本の足が地上を離れるか否かという動物の運動についての論争に決着をつけるため,特別な感光板と露光装置をつくり高速度瞬間撮影に成功,4本の足が地上を離れることを証明した。80年には〈ズープラクシスコープzoopraxiscope〉(〈動物の動きを見る装置〉の意味)を開発し,人間や動物のあらゆる動きの連続撮影に成功した。これは単に動作の分析にとどまらず,動作そのものを再現したという点において,映画への発展を胚胎するものとして大変重要である。…

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