1667 BORELLI, Giovanni Alfonso (1608 – 1679)

De vi percussionis liber.

Building on the theory of mechanics as formulated by Aristotle and Galileo, and countering objections expressed by Stephani degli Angeli among others, Borelli presented a completely mechanical account of the action of…

GMN 9644 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11831

1836 WEBER, Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm (1806 – 1871); WEBER, Wilhelm Eduard (1804 – 1891)

Mechanik der menschlichen Gehwerkzeuge. 1 vol. and atlas.

A pioneering study of the physiology and biomechanics of motion and locomotion. The atlas contains four illustrations that were printed directly from actual bones embedded in plaster of Paris. This is one of the only …

GMN 604 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/458

1889 BRAUNE, Christian Wilhelm (1831 – 1892); FISCHER, Otto (1861 – 1917)

Über den Schwerpunkt des menschlichen Körpers mit Rücksicht auf die Ausrüstung des deutschen Infanteristen.

Translated into English by P.G.J. Maquet and R. Furlong as On the centre of gravity of the human body as related to the equipment of the German infantry soldier. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1985.

GMN 12646 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14887

1892 BRAUNE, Christian Wilhelm (1831 – 1892); FISCHER, Otto (1861 – 1917)

Bestimmung der Trägheitsmomente des menschlichen Körpers und seiner Glieder.

Translated into English by P. Maquet and R. Furlong as Determination of the moments of intertia of the human body and its limbs. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1988.

GMN 12647 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14888

1895 –1904 BRAUNE, Christian Wilhelm (1831 – 1892); FISCHER, Otto (1861 – 1917)

Der Gang des Menschen. 1-6 Abt. (All published.)

Classic study of the human gait. The authors calculated the external and internal forces involved in walking and described the kinematics and kinetics of the movement. Because of Braune's death in 1892 he could only c…

GMN 645 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/524

1899 MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard [JAMES EDWARD MUGGERIDGE] (1830 – 1904)

Animals in motion.

GMN 650 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/528

1901 MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard [JAMES EDWARD MUGGERIDGE] (1830 – 1904)

The human figure in motion. An electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of muscular actions.

Muybridge, an Englishman, made exhaustive photographic investigations of consecutive animal movements while he was in America. More than 100,000 photographs were embodied in his Animal locomotion. An electro-photograp…

GMN 651 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/553

2001 LATASH, Mark L.; ZATSIORSKY, Vladimir M. (1932 – )

Classics in movement science. Edited by Mark L. Latash and Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky.

GMN 12645 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14886