Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming and Flying, with a Dissertation on AëronauticsD. Appleton, 1893 - 264 páginas |
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... effective manner in which he has engraved the several subjects . The figures , I am happy to state , have in no way deteriorated in his hands . C ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH , July 1873 . 49027 D CONTENTS . ANIMAL LOCOMOTION ...
... effective manner in which he has engraved the several subjects . The figures , I am happy to state , have in no way deteriorated in his hands . C ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH , July 1873 . 49027 D CONTENTS . ANIMAL LOCOMOTION ...
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... effective stroke should be delivered down- wards and forwards , 195 The wing acts as an elevator , propeller , and sustainer , both during extension and flexion , 197 Flight divisible into four kinds , 197 · The flight of the Albatross ...
... effective stroke should be delivered down- wards and forwards , 195 The wing acts as an elevator , propeller , and sustainer , both during extension and flexion , 197 Flight divisible into four kinds , 197 · The flight of the Albatross ...
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... and wing model are , I find , the most effective that can be devised , whether for navigating the water or the air . To operate efficiently on fluid , i.e. yielding media , the propeller itself must 14 ANIMAL LOCOMOTION .
... and wing model are , I find , the most effective that can be devised , whether for navigating the water or the air . To operate efficiently on fluid , i.e. yielding media , the propeller itself must 14 ANIMAL LOCOMOTION .
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... effective or return stroke , and expanded during the effective or forward stroke . Due advantage is taken of this arrangement by the seal when swimming , the animal rotating on its long axis , so as to present the lower portion of the ...
... effective or return stroke , and expanded during the effective or forward stroke . Due advantage is taken of this arrangement by the seal when swimming , the animal rotating on its long axis , so as to present the lower portion of the ...
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... effective stroke , and the con- vex surface during what is termed the forward or effective stroke . This is just the opposite of what actually happens , and led Sir John Lubbock to declare that there was a period in which the action of ...
... effective stroke , and the con- vex surface during what is termed the forward or effective stroke . This is just the opposite of what actually happens , and led Sir John Lubbock to declare that there was a period in which the action of ...
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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