Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming and Flying, with a Dissertation on AëronauticsD. Appleton, 1893 - 264 páginas |
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... applying artificial wings , as contra - distinguished from that of Borelli , Chabrier , Durckheim , and Marey , 235 The wave wing of the Author , 236 How to construct an artificial wave wing on the insect type , 240 • How to construct a ...
... applying artificial wings , as contra - distinguished from that of Borelli , Chabrier , Durckheim , and Marey , 235 The wave wing of the Author , 236 How to construct an artificial wave wing on the insect type , 240 • How to construct a ...
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... applied to the water by a sculling figure - of - 8 motion , in the same manner as the tail of the fish . Similar remarks might be made with regard to the swimming of the whale , dugong , manatee , and porpoise , sea mammals , which ...
... applied to the water by a sculling figure - of - 8 motion , in the same manner as the tail of the fish . Similar remarks might be made with regard to the swimming of the whale , dugong , manatee , and porpoise , sea mammals , which ...
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... applied to the water and air by a sculling or figure - of - 8 motion , curiously enough reproduce the curved surfaces and movements peculiar to real fish - tails , fins , flippers , and wings , in swimming , and flying . Propellers ...
... applied to the water and air by a sculling or figure - of - 8 motion , curiously enough reproduce the curved surfaces and movements peculiar to real fish - tails , fins , flippers , and wings , in swimming , and flying . Propellers ...
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... applied to each other , and to the bones , while the bones are rigid , unyielding , and incapable of motion , it follows that the osseous system acts as a break or boundary to the muscular one , and hence the arbitrary division of ...
... applied to each other , and to the bones , while the bones are rigid , unyielding , and incapable of motion , it follows that the osseous system acts as a break or boundary to the muscular one , and hence the arbitrary division of ...
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... applied to those of the foot by spiral articular surfaces analogous to those found at the knee- joint . The weight of the trunk is thus thrown on the foot , not in straight lines , but in a series of curves . The foot itself is ...
... applied to those of the foot by spiral articular surfaces analogous to those found at the knee- joint . The weight of the trunk is thus thrown on the foot , not in straight lines , but in a series of curves . The foot itself is ...
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Términos y frases comunes
action aërial albatross angle animal arms and legs arrangement artificial wave artificial wing ascends backwards bat and bird biped blades body bones Borelli Compare with fig concave depressed described downward dugong effective stroke 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 pectoral fins pinion porpoise portion position posterior extremities posterior margin posterior or thin produced quadruped rapidity remarkable resistance reverse right arm root rotation sail screw sea-bear shoulder-joint side speed spiral swimming tail thick margin travelling surfaces trunk twisting universal joint upward direction upwards and forwards velocity vertical vertical direction vibrate walking waved track weight wing descends