Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming and Flying, with a Dissertation on AëronauticsD. Appleton, 1893 - 264 páginas |
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... described by Man in walking , Horse in the act of trotting , 41 Footprints of the Horse in the walk , trot , and gallop -- ( Gamgee ) , Skeleton of the Ostrich— ( Dallas ) , Ostriches pursued by a hunter , Skeleton of Man , The ...
... described by Man in walking , Horse in the act of trotting , 41 Footprints of the Horse in the walk , trot , and gallop -- ( Gamgee ) , Skeleton of the Ostrich— ( Dallas ) , Ostriches pursued by a hunter , Skeleton of Man , The ...
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... described by the feet of swimming birds , . The flight of the Flying - fish , • The wing a lever of the third order , Figure - of - 8 vertical track made by the wing in flight , Do. horizontal track , Feathers and cork flying forward ...
... described by the feet of swimming birds , . The flight of the Flying - fish , • The wing a lever of the third order , Figure - of - 8 vertical track made by the wing in flight , Do. horizontal track , Feathers and cork flying forward ...
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... , or bird , when those animals are fixed or hovering before an object , and when they are flying , corresponds in a marked manner with the track described by the stationary and progressive waves in fluids , ANIMAL LOCOMOTION .
... , or bird , when those animals are fixed or hovering before an object , and when they are flying , corresponds in a marked manner with the track described by the stationary and progressive waves in fluids , ANIMAL LOCOMOTION .
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... described by the stationary and progressive waves in fluids , and likewise with the waves of sound . This coincidence would seem to argue an intimate relation between the instru- ment and the medium on which it is destined to operate ...
... described by the stationary and progressive waves in fluids , and likewise with the waves of sound . This coincidence would seem to argue an intimate relation between the instru- ment and the medium on which it is destined to operate ...
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... described by the trunk in forward motion . In like manner the foot which is off the ground and swinging forward pendulum fashion in space , may be said to roll or rotate upon the trunk , the head of the femur forming the centre of a ...
... described by the trunk in forward motion . In like manner the foot which is off the ground and swinging forward pendulum fashion in space , may be said to roll or rotate upon the trunk , the head of the femur forming the centre of a ...
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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