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The largest collection of animal action photos in print. 34 different animals (horses, mules, oxen, goats, camels, pigs, cats, lions, gnus, deer, monkeys, eagles—and 22 others) In 132 characteristic actions. All 3919 photographs are taken in series at speeds up to 1/1600th of a second, offering artists, biologists, cartoonists a remarkable opportunity to see exactly how an ostrich's head bobs when running, how a lion puts his foot down, how an elephant's knee bends, how a bird flaps his wings, thousands of other hard-to-catch details.
"A really marvelous series of plates," NATURE.
380 full-pages of plates. Heavy glossy stock, reinforced binding with headbands.
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Animal locomotion, Exhibitions, Pictorial works, Human locomotion, Chronophotography, Locomotion, Photography of animals, Photography, Scientific applications, Animals, OBRAS ILUSTRADAS, Locomotion animale, Physiology, Locomotion humaine, Movement, Ouvrages illustrés, LOCOMOCION ANIMAL, Chronophotographie, AnatomyShowing 4 featured editions. View all 34 editions?
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Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements
1887, Printed by J.B. Lippincott
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