New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1929, Page 17

er and keen observer. of purebred animals—that a trotting horse in full stride sometimes had all four feet off the ground. To. prove his conviction he launched a series of photographic experiments, using as many as 24 cameras at a time, and demon- strating he was right after achiev- ing what is said to have been the first succeasful photographic re- cording of men and animals in con- tinuous action. The camera work was under- taken first in 1872, but with indi(- ferent success, as wet plates mak- ing possible briefer exposures had not then been invented. Beginning in 1878 Stanford again undertook a series of experiments to prove his point, ewaploying Ead- weard Muybridge, a San Francis:o photographer, to try for succeasive instantaneous photographs which would record an animal's complete action, That had never been donme before, it was said. Up to that time at- tempts had besn made to present impreasions of motion through vari- ous devices which gave the fleeting glimpses of successive poses ani leven to project such “moving pic- tures” on a acreen. But always the separate postures |had to be drawn by hand or posed i(or a camera in accordance with guesses as to actual posture. Erecting a studio on ground now part of the Stanford campus, Gov- ernor Stanford equipped it with a series of cameras, finally reaching 24 in number, along a stretch of track with lines marked “on i's surface and on a light reflecting background, to aid in analyzing More than 30 years ago Gov. Leland Sanford asserted that a trotting horse sometimes had all fouy |the series of progressive exposures. feet off the ground. He set up 34 cameras to prove it, and his films are declared to have been the first| A newly invented electro magnet unposed motion pictures. Above: Proving that a trotter does lift all four feet. Center: Where the dem.|%as utilized, making the steel tired onstration took place, Below: Views of a saddler. wheels of the sulky close electric circuits and release the shutters Palo Alto, Cal. May 10—One of |Stanford university May 8 as having| It was more than 50 years ago|of successive cameras. Later a those proverbial differences of opin-|given being to a “momentous step|that Gov. Leland Stanford, later timing device was employed +o ion which are the irigredients of a|in the dcvelopment of the motion|founder of the university, express-|that running horscs and men could horse race will be celebrated at|picture.” ed the conviction—he was a breed-|be photographed. ‘The nninhed products proved that all four hoofs of a trotting horse do leave the ground at one time and the films are declared to con- stitute the “first motion picture actually presenting real and un- posed movements of men and ani- mals.” Commemorative bronze tablets are to be erected in the memorisl court of the Stanford Quad to perpetuate the achievement, How “Skinny” Girls Gain Weight Quick Put on flesh in few weeks with new YEAST and IRON. Your own druggist guarantees re- sults—or pay nothing. It seems incredible how fast Iron- ized Yeast adds pounds of good firm flesh—on women and men, children and old people. 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