Animal locomotion or walking, swimming, and flying : with a dissertation on aëronautics (1873)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · London : Henry S. King & Co. · leaf 88
IN THE WATER. 65 happens in the feathering of an oar. A very similar plan isadopted by the Pteropoda, found in countless multitudes inthe northern seas, -which, according to Eschricht, use thewing-like structures situated near the head after the mannerof a double paddle, resembling in its general… … Fig. 29.—Skeleton of the Perch Perec, fluviatilis . Shows the jointed nature ofthe vertebral column, and the facilities afforded for lateral motion, particu-larly in the tail id), dorsal (e,/), ventral ?>. c), and pectoral (a), fins, whichare principally engaged in swimming. The extent of the…
Animal locomotion · Physiology · Aeronautics
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