Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming and Flying, with a Dissertation on AëronauticsD. Appleton, 1893 - 264 páginas |
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... facts to be found in the present work . My best thanks are due to Mr. W. Ballingall , of Edinburgh , for the highly artistic and effective manner in which he has engraved the several subjects . The figures , I am happy to state , have ...
... facts to be found in the present work . My best thanks are due to Mr. W. Ballingall , of Edinburgh , for the highly artistic and effective manner in which he has engraved the several subjects . The figures , I am happy to state , have ...
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... fact , secures the position of the quadruped on the land , the fish in the water , and the bird in the air , is the life ; and by this I mean that prime moving or self - govern- ing power which co - ordinates the movements of the ...
... fact , secures the position of the quadruped on the land , the fish in the water , and the bird in the air , is the life ; and by this I mean that prime moving or self - govern- ing power which co - ordinates the movements of the ...
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... fact that flight is a natural movement ; and 2d , because the natural movements of walking and swim- ming have already been successfully imitated . The very obvious bearing which natural movements have upon artificial ones , and the ...
... fact that flight is a natural movement ; and 2d , because the natural movements of walking and swim- ming have already been successfully imitated . The very obvious bearing which natural movements have upon artificial ones , and the ...
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... fact that the earth affords a greater amount of support than the water , and the water than the air . That walking , swimming , and flying represent integral parts of the same problem is proved by the fact that most quadrupeds swim as ...
... fact that the earth affords a greater amount of support than the water , and the water than the air . That walking , swimming , and flying represent integral parts of the same problem is proved by the fact that most quadrupeds swim as ...
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... fact that a creature as heavy , bulk for bulk , as many solid substances , can by the unaided movements of its wings urge itself through 1 The Ephemera in the larva and pupa state reside in the water concealed during the day under ...
... fact that a creature as heavy , bulk for bulk , as many solid substances , can by the unaided movements of its wings urge itself through 1 The Ephemera in the larva and pupa state reside in the water concealed during the day under ...
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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