Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming and Flying, with a Dissertation on AëronauticsD. Appleton, 1893 - 264 páginas |
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... enable insects , bats , and birds to fly . Until the structure and uses of wings are understood , the way of an eagle in the air " must of ne- cessity remain a mystery . The subject of flight has never , until quite recently , been ...
... enable insects , bats , and birds to fly . Until the structure and uses of wings are understood , the way of an eagle in the air " must of ne- cessity remain a mystery . The subject of flight has never , until quite recently , been ...
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... , are , as manner of screws . a rule , twisted levers , and act after the This arrangement enables the higher 1 Bishop , op . cit . animals to apply their travelling surfaces to the media on INTRODUCTION . 23 Joints,
... , are , as manner of screws . a rule , twisted levers , and act after the This arrangement enables the higher 1 Bishop , op . cit . animals to apply their travelling surfaces to the media on INTRODUCTION . 23 Joints,
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... enable the animal to present , when necessary , an exten- sive resisting surface the one instant , and a greatly diminished and a comparatively non - resisting one the next . This arrange- ment secures the subtlety and nicety of motion ...
... enable the animal to present , when necessary , an exten- sive resisting surface the one instant , and a greatly diminished and a comparatively non - resisting one the next . This arrange- ment secures the subtlety and nicety of motion ...
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... enabling it to fly . The Bat , Phyllorhina gracilis ( fig . 17 ) , flies with a very slight increase of surface . The surface exposed by the bat exceeds that displayed by many insects and birds . The wings of the bat are deeply.
... enabling it to fly . The Bat , Phyllorhina gracilis ( fig . 17 ) , flies with a very slight increase of surface . The surface exposed by the bat exceeds that displayed by many insects and birds . The wings of the bat are deeply.
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... enable it to fly.1 It affords an extreme example of modification for a special purpose , -- its attenuated body , dwarfed posterior , and greatly elongated anterior extremities , with their enormous fingers and out- spreading membranes ...
... enable it to fly.1 It affords an extreme example of modification for a special purpose , -- its attenuated body , dwarfed posterior , and greatly elongated anterior extremities , with their enormous fingers and out- spreading membranes ...
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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