Animal locomotion, or Walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertation on aëronautics (1874)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · New York : D. Appleton & company · leaf 46
ch supports and protects theirmore delicate tissues, whether chemically composed of ento-moline, carbonate, or phosphate of lime; whether placed in-ternally or externally; or whatever may be its form ordimensions, presents levers and fulcra for the action of themuscular system, in all animals… … Fin. 4. Skeleton of the Deer (after Pander and DAlton). The bones in the ex-tremities of this the fleetest of quadrupeds are inclined very obliquely towardseach other, and towards the scapular and iliac bones. This arrangement in-creases the leverage of the muscular system and confers great…
Animal locomotion · Aeronautics
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