Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming and Flying, with a Dissertation on AëronauticsD. Appleton, 1893 - 264 páginas |
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... 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 ...
... 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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... manner of doing it cannot be a matter of indifference , even to a careless observer . The most exquisite form loses much of its grace if bereft of motion , and the most ungainly animal conceals its want of symmetry in the co ...
... manner of doing it cannot be a matter of indifference , even to a careless observer . The most exquisite form loses much of its grace if bereft of motion , and the most ungainly animal conceals its want of symmetry in the co ...
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... , or bird , when those animals are fixed or hovering before an object , and when they are flying , corresponds in a marked manner with the track described by the stationary and progressive waves in fluids , ANIMAL LOCOMOTION .
... , or bird , when those animals are fixed or hovering before an object , and when they are flying , corresponds in a marked manner with the track described by the stationary and progressive waves in fluids , ANIMAL LOCOMOTION .
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... manner as the inanimate impress each other ? This much seems certain : -The wind communicates to the water similar impulses to those communicated to it by the fish in swimming ; and the wing in its vibrations impinges upon the air as an ...
... manner as the inanimate impress each other ? This much seems certain : -The wind communicates to the water similar impulses to those communicated to it by the fish in swimming ; and the wing in its vibrations impinges upon the air as an ...
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... the density of the medium on or in which it moves . It is more difficult to walk on sand or snow than on a macadamized road . In like manner ( unless the travelling surfaces are specially modified ) , it is more troublesome INTRODUCTION .
... the density of the medium on or in which it moves . It is more difficult to walk on sand or snow than on a macadamized road . In like manner ( unless the travelling surfaces are specially modified ) , it is more troublesome INTRODUCTION .
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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