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| Keywords: The Horse in Motion.jpg The Horse in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge Noted photographer Eadweard Muybridge was hired in 1872 by Leland Stanford a railroad baron and future university founder to find out if there was moment mid-stride where horses had all hooves off the ground <ref name lifepicture > cite web Sullivan Robert Galloping Horse 1878 http //digitaljournalist org/issue0309/lm20 html Time Inc Home Entertainment 12 August 2013 </ref> It took several years but Muybridge delivered having captured a horse named Sallie Gardner owned by Stanford; running at a 1 40 gait over the Palo Alto track on 19th June 1878 <ref name lifepicture /> Muybridge used a dozen cameras all triggered one after another with a set of strings <ref name lifepicture /> Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division; http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3a45870 1878-06-19 Creator Eadweard Muybridge PD <gallery> File The Horse in Motion-anim gif File The Horse in Motion-01 xcf File Sallie Gardner jpg </gallery> LOC-image cph 3a45870 PD-US PD-old-100 References 1 1878 Motion studies by Eadweard Muybridge Motion pictures Horse gaits | ||||
