Animal Locomotion: Or, Walking, Swimming and Flying, with a Dissertation on AëronauticsD. Appleton, 1893 - 264 páginas |
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... fish , the wing of the bird , and the extremity of the biped and quadruped are screws structurally and functionally . They describe figure - of - 8 and waved tracks , 10 11 12 The body and wing reciprocate in flight ; the body.
... fish , the wing of the bird , and the extremity of the biped and quadruped are screws structurally and functionally . They describe figure - of - 8 and waved tracks , 10 11 12 The body and wing reciprocate in flight ; the body.
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... 36 • PROGRESSION ON THE LAND . Walking of the Quadruped , Biped , etc. , Locomotion of the Horse , Locomotion of the Ostrich , Locomotion of Man , 37 39 45 51 Flight under water , PROGRESSION ON AND IN THE WATER vi CONTENTS .
... 36 • PROGRESSION ON THE LAND . Walking of the Quadruped , Biped , etc. , Locomotion of the Horse , Locomotion of the Ostrich , Locomotion of Man , 37 39 45 51 Flight under water , PROGRESSION ON AND IN THE WATER vi CONTENTS .
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... quadruped has been literally outraced on the land , and the fish in the sea ; each has been , so to speak , beaten in its own domain . That the tramway of the air may and will be tra- versed by man's ingenuity at some period or other ...
... quadruped has been literally outraced on the land , and the fish in the sea ; each has been , so to speak , beaten in its own domain . That the tramway of the air may and will be tra- versed by man's ingenuity at some period or other ...
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... quadruped on the land and the fish in the water . We have made two successful steps , and have only to make a third to complete that wonderfully perfect and very com- prehensive system of locomotion which we behold in nature . Until ...
... quadruped on the land and the fish in the water . We have made two successful steps , and have only to make a third to complete that wonderfully perfect and very com- prehensive system of locomotion which we behold in nature . Until ...
Página xvi
... quadruped , the fin of the fish , and the wing of the bird ; but , as I shall show in the sequel , the curves which go to form the wheel and the screw are found in the travelling surfaces of all animals , whether they be limbs ...
... quadruped , the fin of the fish , and the wing of the bird ; but , as I shall show in the sequel , the curves which go to form the wheel and the screw are found in the travelling surfaces of all animals , whether they be limbs ...
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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