Etienne-Jules Marey
Etienne-Jules Marey
1830-1904
French physician and physiologist who invented the modern cine camera and developed the new field of scientific cinematography. His interest in analyzing the mechanics of physiological movements led to several valuable recording instruments, including the Marey tambour, various specialized cameras for recording the movement of humans and other animals, and high-speed and time-lapse photography techniques.
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The first practical device for recording and reproducing sound was developed by American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931)… Record , rec·ord • n. / ˈrekərd/ 1. a thing constituting a piece of evidence about the past, esp. an account of an act or occurrence kept in writing or some o… Record Player , record player or phonograph, device for reproducing sound that has been recorded as a spiral, undulating groove on a disk. This disk is known as a ph… servomechanism , servomechanism Device that provides remote control to activate a mechanism. An input signal, such as a radio impulse or mechanical movement, converts… event recorder , event recorder An instrument that is used to record animal behaviour. The operator has a keyboard, similar to that of a small electronic organ, which…
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