Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming and Flying, with a Dissertation on AëronauticsD. Appleton, 1893 - 264 páginas |
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Página v
... curves , In swimming , the body of the fish is thrown into figure - of - 8 curves , • • The tail of the fish made to vibrate pendulum fashion , The tail of the fish , the wing of the bird , and the extremity of the biped and quadruped ...
... curves , In swimming , the body of the fish is thrown into figure - of - 8 curves , • • The tail of the fish made to vibrate pendulum fashion , The tail of the fish , the wing of the bird , and the extremity of the biped and quadruped ...
Página vii
... curves during extension and flexion , 146 The tip of the bat and bird's wing describes an ellipse , ' The wing capable of change of form in all its parts , The wing during its vibration produces a cross pulsation , Compound rotation of ...
... curves during extension and flexion , 146 The tip of the bat and bird's wing describes an ellipse , ' The wing capable of change of form in all its parts , The wing during its vibration produces a cross pulsation , Compound rotation of ...
Página viii
... curves , . 166 167 168 THE WINGS OF INSECTS , Bats , and Birds . Elytra or wing cases and membranous wings ; their shape and uses , THE WINGS OF BATS . The bones of the wing of the bat ; the spiral configuration of their articular ...
... curves , . 166 167 168 THE WINGS OF INSECTS , Bats , and Birds . Elytra or wing cases and membranous wings ; their shape and uses , THE WINGS OF BATS . The bones of the wing of the bat ; the spiral configuration of their articular ...
Página xii
... curves made by the wing of the bird in flexion 144 · 145 141 and extension , 147 • • The long and short axes of the wing , The waved tracks described by the wing and body of the bird as they alternately rise and fall , 149 157 , 163 The ...
... curves made by the wing of the bird in flexion 144 · 145 141 and extension , 147 • • The long and short axes of the wing , The waved tracks described by the wing and body of the bird as they alternately rise and fall , 149 157 , 163 The ...
Página xvi
... curves which go to form the wheel and the screw are found in the travelling surfaces of all animals , whether they be limbs ( furnished with feet ) , or fins , or wings . It is a remarkable circumstance that the undulation or wave made ...
... curves which go to form the wheel and the screw are found in the travelling surfaces of all animals , whether they be limbs ( furnished with feet ) , or fins , or wings . It is a remarkable circumstance that the undulation or wave made ...
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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