Animal locomotion or walking, swimming, and flying : with a dissertation on aëronautics (1873)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · London : Henry S. King & Co. · leaf 167
made by the wing of the insect, owing to themore oblique stroke, are more horizontal than those made by 144 ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. the wing of the bat and bird. The principle is, however, inboth cases the same, the loops ultimately terminating in awaved track. The impulse is communicated to the… … of the Fig. 73. insect being carried along the curve indicated by the dottedline. The impulse is communicated to the wing of the batand bird at the heavy part of the loops abcdefghijklmnoof fig. 73, the waved track being indicated at ^7 s t u v w ofthis figure. When the horizontal speed attained is…
Animal locomotion · Physiology · Aeronautics
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