Horse Lovers Rejoice! Yesterday's "Google Doodle" was the first animation by Eadweard Muybridge, which he composed to answer the question of whether a horse's four legs are airborne at the same time while trotting. Why did Google choose to feature such a doodle? Yesterday would have been his 182nd Birthday.
The images produced were viewed on a device that Muybridge invented called the zoopraxiscope, through the device the images appeared to be in motion. The slow-motion images showed ...