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The officer was teaching
ballistic theory to army cadets in 1853, here in Vienna,
at the new arsenal. His name was
Franz von Uchatius, and he'd recently
invented a thing to help him teach
students about firing guns. It was a kind of projector
using a limelight to throw pictures
of a cannon on the wall. As he cranked the light around
behind the glass disc with the pictures on it,
each successive picture showed the ball at a different
point in flight. And why captain Uchatius matters
is what happened to his projector
ballistic theory to army cadets in 1853, here in Vienna,
at the new arsenal. His name was
Franz von Uchatius, and he'd recently
invented a thing to help him teach
students about firing guns. It was a kind of projector
using a limelight to throw pictures
of a cannon on the wall. As he cranked the light around
behind the glass disc with the pictures on it,
each successive picture showed the ball at a different
point in flight. And why captain Uchatius matters
is what happened to his projector
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The officer was teaching
ballistic theory to army cadets
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in 1853, here in Vienna,
at the new arsenal.
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His name was
Franz von Uchatius,
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and he'd recently
invented a thing
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to help him teach
students about firing guns.
00:00:14.316 --> 00:00:16.457
It was a kind of projector
using a limelight
00:00:16.457 --> 00:00:18.314
to throw pictures
of a cannon on the wall.
00:00:18.786 --> 00:00:21.592
As he cranked the light around
behind the glass disc
00:00:21.592 --> 00:00:24.118
with the pictures on it,
each successive picture
00:00:24.118 --> 00:00:25.862
showed the ball at a different
point in flight.
00:00:26.234 --> 00:00:30.528
And why captain Uchatius matters
is what happened to his projector.
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Movie Summary
Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect."
