Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming, and Flying, with a Dissertation on AëronauticsD. Appleton, 1885 - 264 páginas |
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... flexion , 146 • · The tip of the bat and bird's wing describes an ellipse , The wing capable of change of form in all its parts , The wing during its vibration produces a cross pulsation , Compound rotation of the wing , The wing ...
... flexion , 146 • · The tip of the bat and bird's wing describes an ellipse , The wing capable of change of form in all its parts , The wing during its vibration produces a cross pulsation , Compound rotation of the wing , The wing ...
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... Flexion of the wing necessary to the flight of birds , Consideration of the forces which propel the wings of insects ... flexed and partly elevated by the action of elastic ligaments ; the nature and position of said ligaments in the ...
... Flexion of the wing necessary to the flight of birds , Consideration of the forces which propel the wings of insects ... flexed and partly elevated by the action of elastic ligaments ; the nature and position of said ligaments in the ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... flexing the arm , · PAGE • 19 , 20 21 25 Screws formed by the bones of the wing of the bird , the bones of the anterior extremity of the Elephant , and the cast of the interior of the left ventricle of the heart , The muscular system of ...
... flexing the arm , · PAGE • 19 , 20 21 25 Screws formed by the bones of the wing of the bird , the bones of the anterior extremity of the Elephant , and the cast of the interior of the left ventricle of the heart , The muscular system of ...
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... flexed and the other extended , Blur or impression produced on the eye by the rapidly oscillat- 136 , 137 138 ing ... flexion and extension , The long and short axes of the wing , The waved tracks described by the wing and body of the ...
... flexed and the other extended , Blur or impression produced on the eye by the rapidly oscillat- 136 , 137 138 ing ... flexion and extension , The long and short axes of the wing , The waved tracks described by the wing and body of the ...
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