Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming, and Flying, with a Dissertation on AëronauticsH. S. King & Company, 1873 - 264 стор. |
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... remarkable circumstance that the undulation or wave made by the wing of an insect , bat , or bird , when those animals are fixed or hovering before an object , and when they are flying , corresponds in a marked manner with the track ...
... remarkable circumstance that the undulation or wave made by the wing of an insect , bat , or bird , when those animals are fixed or hovering before an object , and when they are flying , corresponds in a marked manner with the track ...
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... remarkable discovery by Sir John Lubbock of a swimming insect ( Polynema natans ) , which uses its wings exclusively as fins , be overlooked . - Linn . Trans . vol . xxiv . p . 135 . the air with a speed little short of a cannon 6 ...
... remarkable discovery by Sir John Lubbock of a swimming insect ( Polynema natans ) , which uses its wings exclusively as fins , be overlooked . - Linn . Trans . vol . xxiv . p . 135 . the air with a speed little short of a cannon 6 ...
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... remarkable , if I compare the bones re- moved ( say the bones of the anterior extremity of a quad- ruped or bird ) with the cast obtained from the cavity of a hollow muscle ( say the left ventricle of the heart of the mammal ) , I find ...
... remarkable , if I compare the bones re- moved ( say the bones of the anterior extremity of a quad- ruped or bird ) with the cast obtained from the cavity of a hollow muscle ( say the left ventricle of the heart of the mammal ) , I find ...
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... remarkable powers possessed by serpents . " It is true , " writes Professor Owen ( op . cit . p . 261 ) , " that the serpent has no limbs , yet it can outclimb the monkey , outswim the fish , outleap the jerboa , and , suddenly loosing ...
... remarkable powers possessed by serpents . " It is true , " writes Professor Owen ( op . cit . p . 261 ) , " that the serpent has no limbs , yet it can outclimb the monkey , outswim the fish , outleap the jerboa , and , suddenly loosing ...
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... remarkable also for the range of leverage thus afforded in some of the fleetest quadrupeds , of different species . In the hare , for instance , between the point of its hock and the termination of its extended digits , there is a space ...
... remarkable also for the range of leverage thus afforded in some of the fleetest quadrupeds , of different species . In the hare , for instance , between the point of its hock and the termination of its extended digits , there is a space ...
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action aërial albatross angle animals arms and legs arrangement artificial wave artificial wing ascends backwards ball-and-socket joint bat and bird biped blades body bones Borelli Compare with fig concave convex Crown 8vo depressed described downward dugong elastic ligaments elbow-joint elevating and propelling ellipse elytra extended feet fins fish flexed flexible flexion flight flying foot force gannet glide hind horizontal direction humerus inclined planes increased insect wing joint kite less lever limbs locomotion long axis manner Marey motion move movements muscles muscular muscular system natural wing nervures oblique oscillate ostrich pectoral fins pinion porpoise portion position posterior margin posterior or thin produced quadruped rapid remarkable resistance right arm root rotation sail screw sea-bear shoulder-joint side speed spiral swimming tail thick margin tion travelling surfaces trunk twisting universal joint upward direction upwards and forwards velocity vertical vibrate walking waved track weight wing descends
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