Animal locomotion, or Walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertation on aëronautics (1874)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · New York : D. Appleton & company · leaf 90
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… … Fio. 30.—The Salmon (SaJmn salar) swimming leisurely. The body, it will beobserved, is bout in two curves, one occurring towards the head, the othertowards the tail. The shape of the salmon is admirably adapted for cleav-ing the water.—Original. This, my readers are aware, consists of a lashing,…
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