Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming, and Flying, with a Dissertation on AëronauticsH. S. King & Company, 1873 - 264 стор. |
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... bird ; their articular surfaces , movements , etc. , 178 Traces of design in the wing of the bird ; the arrangement of the primary , secondary , and tertiary feathers , etc. , 180 • Flexion of the wing necessary to the flight of birds ...
... bird ; their articular surfaces , movements , etc. , 178 Traces of design in the wing of the bird ; the arrangement of the primary , secondary , and tertiary feathers , etc. , 180 • Flexion of the wing necessary to the flight of birds ...
Сторінка xii
... bird , Figures showing the positions assumed by the wing of the bird during the up and down strokes ( side view ) , The positions assumed by the wing of the insect as it hastens to and fro and describes a figure - of - 8 track , The ...
... bird , Figures showing the positions assumed by the wing of the bird during the up and down strokes ( side view ) , The positions assumed by the wing of the insect as it hastens to and fro and describes a figure - of - 8 track , The ...
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... bird during the down and up strokes ( front view ) , Analysis of the movements of the wing , The kite - like action ... bird , 174 , 175 , 176 The muscles , elastic ligaments , and feathers of the wing of the bird , The flight of the ...
... bird during the down and up strokes ( front view ) , Analysis of the movements of the wing , The kite - like action ... bird , 174 , 175 , 176 The muscles , elastic ligaments , and feathers of the wing of the bird , The flight of the ...
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... bird , and that the evolutions of the bird on the wing are quite as safe and infinitely more rapid and beautiful than the movements of either the quadruped on the land or the fish in the water . What , in fact , secures the position of ...
... bird , and that the evolutions of the bird on the wing are quite as safe and infinitely more rapid and beautiful than the movements of either the quadruped on the land or the fish in the water . What , in fact , secures the position of ...
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... bird is lighter than the air , and no machine constructed to navigate it should aim at being specifi- cally lighter . What is wanted is a reasonable but not cumbrous amount of weight , and a duplicate ( in principle if not in prac- tice ) ...
... bird is lighter than the air , and no machine constructed to navigate it should aim at being specifi- cally lighter . What is wanted is a reasonable but not cumbrous amount of weight , and a duplicate ( in principle if not in prac- tice ) ...
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action aërial animals arms and legs arrangement artificial wave artificial wing ascends axes backwards bat and bird beetle biting surface blades body bones Borelli Compare with fig concave convex coracoid Crown 8vo depressed described downward dugong elastic ligaments elbow-joint elevating and propelling ellipse elytra extension extremities feet fins fish flexed flexible flexion flight flying foot gannet horizontal direction humerus inclined planes increased insect insect wing joint kite less lever limbs long axis manner Marey membranous motion move movements muscles muscular natural wing nervures oblique oscillate pectoral fins pinion porpoise portions position posterior margin posterior or thin primary produced quadruped rapid reciprocating Red-legged Partridge remarkable resistance root rotating scapula screw secondary feathers shoulder-joint side spiral swimming tail thick margin tion trunk twisting universal joint upward direction upwards and forwards velocity vertical vertical direction vibrate walking wave wing waved track weight wing descends
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