Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming and Flying, with a Dissertation on AëronauticsD. Appleton, 1893 - 264 páginas |
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... other Transactions , etc. etc. nta 11 LUSTRATED BY 130 ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD . NEW YORK : D. APPLETON AND COMPANY , 1 , 3 , AND 5 BOND STREET . 1893 . 51.47 P51.2 PREFACE . In the present volume I have THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES .
... other Transactions , etc. etc. nta 11 LUSTRATED BY 130 ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD . NEW YORK : D. APPLETON AND COMPANY , 1 , 3 , AND 5 BOND STREET . 1893 . 51.47 P51.2 PREFACE . In the present volume I have THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES .
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Or, Walking, Swimming and Flying, with a Dissertation on Aëronautics James Bell Pettigrew. 51.47 P51.2 PREFACE . In the present volume I have endeavoured to.
Or, Walking, Swimming and Flying, with a Dissertation on Aëronautics James Bell Pettigrew. 51.47 P51.2 PREFACE . In the present volume I have endeavoured to.
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... present volume I have endeavoured to explain , in simple language , some difficult problems in " Animal Mechanics . " In order to avoid elaborate descriptions , I have introduced a large number of original Drawings and Diagrams , copied ...
... present volume I have endeavoured to explain , in simple language , some difficult problems in " Animal Mechanics . " In order to avoid elaborate descriptions , I have introduced a large number of original Drawings and Diagrams , copied ...
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... present solace and future hope . The great panorama of life is interesting be- cause it moves . One change involves another , and every- thing which co - exists , co - depends . This co - existence and inter - dependence causes us not ...
... present solace and future hope . The great panorama of life is interesting be- cause it moves . One change involves another , and every- thing which co - exists , co - depends . This co - existence and inter - dependence causes us not ...
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... present work is mainly written . The chapters on walking and swimming naturally lead up to those on flying . In the animal kingdom the movements are adapted either to the land , the water , or the air ; these constituting the three ...
... present work is mainly written . The chapters on walking and swimming naturally lead up to those on flying . In the animal kingdom the movements are adapted either to the land , the water , or the air ; these constituting the three ...
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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