Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming, and Flying, with a Dissertation on AëronauticsH. S. King & Company, 1873 - 264 páginas |
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... flexion , 146 The tip of the bat and bird's wing describes an ellipse , 147 The wing capable of change of form in all its parts , 147 The wing during its vibration produces a cross pulsation , Compound rotation of the wing , 148 149 The ...
... flexion , 146 The tip of the bat and bird's wing describes an ellipse , 147 The wing capable of change of form in all its parts , 147 The wing during its vibration produces a cross pulsation , Compound rotation of the wing , 148 149 The ...
Página viii
... Flexion of the wing necessary to the flight of birds , Consideration of the forces which propel the wings of insects , . Speed attained by insects , 183 186 188 Consideration of the forces which propel the wings of bats and birds , 189 ...
... Flexion of the wing necessary to the flight of birds , Consideration of the forces which propel the wings of insects , . Speed attained by insects , 183 186 188 Consideration of the forces which propel the wings of bats and birds , 189 ...
Página ix
... flexion , 197 Flight divisible into four kinds , The flight of the Albatross compared to the movements of a compass set upon gimbals , 197 • 199 The regular and irregular in flight , 201 Mode of ascending , descending , turning , etc ...
... flexion , 197 Flight divisible into four kinds , The flight of the Albatross compared to the movements of a compass set upon gimbals , 197 • 199 The regular and irregular in flight , 201 Mode of ascending , descending , turning , etc ...
Página xii
... flexion and extension , 147 The long and short axes of the wing , 149 The waved tracks described by the wing and body of the bird as they alternately rise and fall , • 157 , 163 The positions assumed by the wing of the bird during xii ...
... flexion and extension , 147 The long and short axes of the wing , 149 The waved tracks described by the wing and body of the bird as they alternately rise and fall , • 157 , 163 The positions assumed by the wing of the bird during xii ...
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... flexion , extension , abduction , adduc- tion , and revolution upon the axis of the limb or bone about a conical area , whose арех is the axis of the head of the bone , and base circumscribed by the distal extremity of the limb . " 1 ...
... flexion , extension , abduction , adduc- tion , and revolution upon the axis of the limb or bone about a conical area , whose арех is the axis of the head of the bone , and base circumscribed by the distal extremity of the limb . " 1 ...
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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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