Animal locomotion or walking, swimming, and flying : with a dissertation on aëronautics (1873)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · London : Henry S. King & Co. · leaf 197
ch efficacy upon the air,in obtaining the maximum of resistance and the minimumof displacement; or what is the same thing, the maximumof support with the minimum of slip (figs. 92 and 93).1 Kirby and Spenee. vol. ii. 5th ed., p. 352. 174 ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. The wings of insects can be made to… … Fig. 93. Fig. 92.—Right wing of Beetle (Goliathus micans), dorsal surface. This wingsomewhat resembles the kestrels (fig. 61, p. 136) in shape. It has an ante-rior thick margin, d e f, and a posterior thin one, b a c. Strong nervuresrun along the anterior margin (d) until they reach the joint (e),…
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