It must not be assumed from this statement that even as late as the work of muybridge anything like a true illusion of movement had been obtained, because such was not the case.
"Edison, His Life and Inventions"
Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
muybridge secured only one cycle of movement, because a separate camera had to be used for each photograph and consequently each cycle was reproduced over and over again.
"Edison, His Life and Inventions"
Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
Marey, like muybridge, photographed only one cycle of the movements of a single object, which was subsequently reproduced over and over again, and the camera was in the form of a gun, which could follow the object so that the successive pictures would be always located in the centre of the plates.
"Edison, His Life and Inventions"
Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin