Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming, and Flying, with a Dissertation on AëronauticsD. Appleton, 1885 - 264 páginas |
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... TION IN THE FORMATION OF ARTICULATE SOUNDS . By GEORG HERMANN von Meyer , Professor in Ordinary of Anatomy at the University of Zürich . With 47 Woodcuts . $ 1.75 . XLVII . FALLACIES : A View of Logic from the Practical Side . By ALFRED ...
... TION IN THE FORMATION OF ARTICULATE SOUNDS . By GEORG HERMANN von Meyer , Professor in Ordinary of Anatomy at the University of Zürich . With 47 Woodcuts . $ 1.75 . XLVII . FALLACIES : A View of Logic from the Practical Side . By ALFRED ...
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... more peculiarly organized for flight , spend much of their time on the land and in the water ; their organs of locomo- tion must possess those peculiarities of structure which charac terize 2 INTRODUCTION . 5 INTRODUCTION.
... more peculiarly organized for flight , spend much of their time on the land and in the water ; their organs of locomo- tion must possess those peculiarities of structure which charac terize 2 INTRODUCTION . 5 INTRODUCTION.
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... tion must possess those peculiarities of structure which charac terize , as a class , those animals which live on the land , in the water , or in the air respectively . - In this we have an explanation of the gossamer wing of the insect ...
... tion must possess those peculiarities of structure which charac terize , as a class , those animals which live on the land , in the water , or in the air respectively . - In this we have an explanation of the gossamer wing of the insect ...
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... tion of the force of gravity . Passive Organs of Locomotion . Bones . - The solid frame- work or skeleton of animals which supports and protects their more delicate tissues , whether chemically composed of ento- moline , carbonate , or ...
... tion of the force of gravity . Passive Organs of Locomotion . Bones . - The solid frame- work or skeleton of animals which supports and protects their more delicate tissues , whether chemically composed of ento- moline , carbonate , or ...
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... tion , and revolution upon the axis of the limb or bone about a conical area , whose apex is the axis of the head of the bone , and base circumscribed by the distal extremity of the limb . " 1 The ginglymoid or hinge - joints are for ...
... tion , and revolution upon the axis of the limb or bone about a conical area , whose apex is the axis of the head of the bone , and base circumscribed by the distal extremity of the limb . " 1 The ginglymoid or hinge - joints are for ...
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