Animal locomotion or walking, swimming, and flying : with a dissertation on aëronautics (1873)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · London : Henry S. King & Co. · leaf 60
odactyle enjoyedsimilar advantages.—Eng. Cycl. vol. iv. p. 4!5. PROGRESSION OX THE LAND. Walking of the Quadruped, Biped, etc.—As the earth, becauseof its solidity, will bear any amount of pressure to which itmay be subjected, the size, shape, and weight of animalsdestined to traverse its surface… … Fig. IS.—Chillingham Bull (Bos Seoticus). Shows powerful heavy body, ami the small extremities adapted for land transit. Also the figure-of-S move-ments made by the feet and limbs in walking and running, u, t Curvesmade by right and left anterior extremities, r, 3 Curves made by rightand left*…
Animal locomotion · Physiology · Aeronautics
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