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Professor August Musger (February 10, 1868 in Eisenerz, Duchy of Styria, Austria-Hungary – October 30, 1929 in Graz, Styria, Austria) was an Austrian priest and physicist who is best remembered for his invention of slow motion. InventionMusger invented the slow motion technique using a mirrored drum as a synchronizing mechanism. The device he used was patented in 1904 and was first presented in Graz, Styria in 1907 using a projector made by K. Löffler, owner of a cinema. Notes and references

Slow motionSlow motionSlow motion (commonly abbreviated as slow-mo or slo-mo) is an effect in film-making whereby time appears to be slowed down. It was invented by the Austrian priest August Musger in the early 20th century. This can be accomplished through the use of high-speed cameras and then playing the footage produced by such cameras at a normal rate like 30 fps, or in post production through the use of software.Duchy of StyriaDuchy of StyriaToday part ofAustriaSlovenia* Transferred by inheritance on the extinction of the ducal line.† Transferred by conquest.The Duchy of Styria (German: Herzogtum Steiermark; Slovene: Vojvodina Štajerska; Latin: Ducatus Styriae) was a duchy located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia. It was a part of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806 and a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary until its dissolution in 1918.StyriaStyriaStyria (Austrian German: Steiermark; Bavarian: Steiamårk; Slovene: Štajerska; Hungarian: Stájerország) is an Austrian state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately 16,399 km (6,332 sq mi), it is Austria's second-largest state by area, after Lower Austria. Styria borders Slovenia to the south and, clockwise from the southwest, the Austrian states of Carinthia, Salzburg, Upper Austria, Lower Austria and Burgenland.Movie projectorMovie projectorA movie projector (or film projector) is an opto-mechanical device for displaying motion picture film by projecting it onto a screen. Most of the optical and mechanical elements, except for the illumination and sound devices, are present in movie cameras. Modern movie projectors are specially built video projectors (see also digital cinema).PatentPatentA patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time, in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention. It offers a bargain between society and inventor: for a limited period of exclusivity, the inventor agrees to make the invention public rather than to keep it secret.GrazGrazCapital of Styria, AustriaStatutory city in Styria, AustriaGraz (German:) is the capital of the Austrian state of Styria and the second-largest city in Austria, after Vienna. On 1 January 2026, Graz had a population of around 307,912 to 345,391 including residents with a secondary residence. In 2023, the population of the Graz functional urban area was 660,238.AustriaAustriaCountry in Central EuropeAustria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, of which the capital Vienna is the most populous city and state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.EisenerzEisenerzEisenerz (German pronunciation:; "Iron ore") is a market place and old mining town in the Austrian state of Styria, 68 mi (109 km). northwest of Graz by rail. It is situated in the deep Erzbach Valley, dominated on the east by the Pfaffenstein 1,871 m (6,138 ft), on the west by the 2,084 m (6,837 ft), and on the south by the Erzberg 1,465 m (4,806 ft).Austria-HungaryAustria-HungaryAustria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire and officially as the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, was a multi-national empire in Central Europe under a constitutional dual monarchy that existed between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic real union, it consisted of two largely self governing states with a single monarch who was titled both the Emperor of Austria and the Apostolic King of Hungary.

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