Animal locomotion or walking, swimming, and flying : with a dissertation on aëronautics (1873)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · London : Henry S. King & Co. · leaf 285
e been established in Britain, America, France, 260 AERONAUTICS. and other countries, there is reason to believe that ourknowledge of this most difficult department of science willgo on increasing until the knotty problem is finally solved.If this day should ever come, it will not be too much… … V; • - IXDEX. PAGE Aerial creatures not stronger than terrestrial ones, . 13 Aerial flight as distinguished from sub-aquatic flight, . . .92 Aeronautics, . ....... 209 Air cells in insects and birds not necessary to flight, . . . 115 Albatross, flight of, compared to compass set upon gimbals, . .…
Animal locomotion · Physiology · Aeronautics
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