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Animal locomotion, or Walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertation on aëronautics (1874)

Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · New York : D. Appleton & company · leaf 268

An illustration from Animal locomotion, or Walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertation on aëronautics, 1874, leaf 268 — g, I do so byselecting a fine tapering elastic reed, as represented at a b offig. 124. To this I add successive layers (i, h, g, f, e) of some flexiblematerial, such as parchment, buckram, tracing cloth, or even AERONAUTICS. 241 paper. As the layers overlap each other, it follows that thereare five… … FIG. 123.— Artificial Wing with Perpendicular (r s) and Horizontal (tu) ElasticBands attached to ferrule {w). a, b, Strong elastic reed, which tapers towards the tip of the wing. d,e,f,h,i,j,k, Tapering curved reeds, which rim obliquely from theanterior to the posterior margin of the wing, and…

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