Animal locomotion or walking, swimming, and flying : with a dissertation on aëronautics (1873)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · London : Henry S. King & Co. · leaf 109
ecidedly upon the side.Either side may be employed, some preferring to swim on theright side, and some on the left; others swimming alternatelyon the right and left sides. In swimming by the side stroke(say on the left side), the left arm is advanced in a curve,and made to describe the upper side… … Fig. 43.—Side-stroke Swimming.— Original. is directed backwards and outwards, as shown at c d of thesame figure.1 The right arm in this movement describesthe under side of an ellipse, and acts in a nearly verticalplane. When the right arm and legs are advanced, someswimmers lift the right arm out…
Animal locomotion · Physiology · Aeronautics
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