with a spread of wing of 6 feet parison with the extent of wing, the head, 4 inches, has a muscular area of only 3.50 which was principally beak, was very nearly 4 square inches.* feet long, extending backward to form a large There is another point in the anatomy of but thin crest. This has a… … Hx)w the wing ot Ornithostoma is sup- the backbone, in the manner shown in the dia- ported. gram; thus the body, so to speak, was slung from the wings. In addition, three sections of nished a point of attachment for muscles whose the backbone were united in one piece in order pull counterbalanced…
Aeronautics
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