Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming, and Flying, with a Dissertation on AëronauticsH. S. King & Company, 1873 - 264 páginas |
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... according to Borelli , Swimming of the fish according to the Author , 67 68 PAGE The Porpoise and Manatee , 73 The Sea - Fins, flippers, and wings form mobile helics or screws, Artificial fins, flippers, and wings adapted for navigating ...
... according to Borelli , Swimming of the fish according to the Author , 67 68 PAGE The Porpoise and Manatee , 73 The Sea - Fins, flippers, and wings form mobile helics or screws, Artificial fins, flippers, and wings adapted for navigating ...
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... According to Sainbell , the celebrated horse Eclipse , when galloping at liberty , and with its greatest speed , passed over the space of twenty - five feet at each stride , which he repeated 2 times in a second , being nearly four ...
... According to Sainbell , the celebrated horse Eclipse , when galloping at liberty , and with its greatest speed , passed over the space of twenty - five feet at each stride , which he repeated 2 times in a second , being nearly four ...
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... According to Sainbell , the celebrated horse Eclipse , when galloping at liberty , and with its greatest speed , passed over the space of twenty - five feet at each stride , which he repeated 24 times in a second , being nearly four ...
... According to Sainbell , the celebrated horse Eclipse , when galloping at liberty , and with its greatest speed , passed over the space of twenty - five feet at each stride , which he repeated 24 times in a second , being nearly four ...
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... according to the relative positions of the prop or fulcrum , the power , and the resistance or weight . The straight lever of each order is equally balanced when the power multiplied by its distance from the fulcrum equals the weight ...
... according to the relative positions of the prop or fulcrum , the power , and the resistance or weight . The straight lever of each order is equally balanced when the power multiplied by its distance from the fulcrum equals the weight ...
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... according to the most approved mechanical principles . Thus they are convex externally , concave within , and strengthened by ridges running across their discs , as in the scapular and iliac bones ; an arrangement which affords large ...
... according to the most approved mechanical principles . Thus they are convex externally , concave within , and strengthened by ridges running across their discs , as in the scapular and iliac bones ; an arrangement which affords large ...
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action aërial albatross angle animals arms and legs arrangement artificial wave artificial wing ascends backwards ball-and-socket joint bat and bird biped blades body bones Borelli Compare with fig concave convex Crown 8vo depressed described downward dugong 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 ostrich pectoral fins pinion porpoise portion position posterior margin posterior or thin produced quadruped rapid remarkable resistance right arm root rotation sail screw sea-bear shoulder-joint side speed spiral swimming tail thick margin tion travelling surfaces trunk twisting universal joint upward direction upwards and forwards velocity vertical vibrate walking waved track weight wing descends
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