Animal locomotion, or Walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertation on aëronautics (1874)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · New York, D. Appleton & company · leaf 268
ng, I do so byselecting a fine tapering elastic reed, as represented at ab offig. 124. To this I add successive layers (i, h, g, /, e) of some flexiblematerial, such as parchment, buckram, tracing cloth, or even AERONAUTICS. 241 paper. As the layers overlap each other, it follows that thereare five… … Fig. 123.—Artificial Wing with Perpendicular {r s) and Horizontal {t u) ElasticBands attached to ferrule [w). a, b, Strong elastic reed, whicli tapers towards the tip of the wing. d, e,f,h,i,j,k, Tapering curved reeds, which run obliquely from theanterior to the posterior margin of the wing, and…
Animal locomotion · Aeronautics
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