1878 · Paris
by MAREY, E[tienne] J[ules]
4to. [ii], xix, [I], 673, [ii] pp.,
including half-title and errata. With 348 numbered text illustrations, charts
and graphs. Later half-morocco and
marbled boards, edges sprinkled; other
than minor repairs to last 2 leaves (the
last a blank), a fine copy.
First edition. Marey here summarizes, with copious illustrations, his
work on human and animal locomotion
and the means of recording and saving
data for research purposes. Early on
Marey pioneered the use of instruments
to record the mechanics of human motion as well as the study of the circulatory, respiratory and muscular systems.
He further invented a number of machines for use to create serial pictures as
a method of studying the mechanics of
locomotion. This work includes a detailed analysis and history of many of his
inventions, showing the importance of
both recording and storing information.
Marey also summarizes his findings on
human and animal locomotion, illustrating the devices used to register movement.
Marey (1830-1904), along with Claude Bernard, was one of the most
important nineteenth-century French physiologists. He was a pioneer in the
study of blood pressure and the creator of the modern sphygmograph. He
became the pioneer of cinematography in 1888 when he invented the first
modern cin -camera, the use of which he documented in Le Mouvement in
1894, considered to be the first book on cinematography. He was an influence
on American motion picture pioneer Edward Muybridge (1830-1904), who
used photography to study animal motion.
Dictionary of Scientific Biography, IX, pp. 101-103. (Inventory #: 19125)
including half-title and errata. With 348 numbered text illustrations, charts
and graphs. Later half-morocco and
marbled boards, edges sprinkled; other
than minor repairs to last 2 leaves (the
last a blank), a fine copy.
First edition. Marey here summarizes, with copious illustrations, his
work on human and animal locomotion
and the means of recording and saving
data for research purposes. Early on
Marey pioneered the use of instruments
to record the mechanics of human motion as well as the study of the circulatory, respiratory and muscular systems.
He further invented a number of machines for use to create serial pictures as
a method of studying the mechanics of
locomotion. This work includes a detailed analysis and history of many of his
inventions, showing the importance of
both recording and storing information.
Marey also summarizes his findings on
human and animal locomotion, illustrating the devices used to register movement.
Marey (1830-1904), along with Claude Bernard, was one of the most
important nineteenth-century French physiologists. He was a pioneer in the
study of blood pressure and the creator of the modern sphygmograph. He
became the pioneer of cinematography in 1888 when he invented the first
modern cin -camera, the use of which he documented in Le Mouvement in
1894, considered to be the first book on cinematography. He was an influence
on American motion picture pioneer Edward Muybridge (1830-1904), who
used photography to study animal motion.
Dictionary of Scientific Biography, IX, pp. 101-103. (Inventory #: 19125)