. Animal mechanism: a treatise on terrestrial and aerial locomotion. Animal locomotion. 150 ANIMAL Mi:ciIANISM. "When tlidiorse had his feet furnished with tlie india-rubher boxes which have just been described, thick transmitting tubes not easily crushed were iitted to these receptacles. These tubes art- usually 1'isteiiel by flannel hands to the le^.s oC llie animal, and thence directed to a point of alta-hment ;il the level c>f the withers; they are then coulinued to the registering apparatus, which has been already described in the experiments on biped, locomotion. The registrar no
. Animal mechanism: a treatise on terrestrial and aerial locomotion. Animal locomotion. 150 ANIMAL Mi:ciIANISM. "When tlidiorse had his feet furnished with tlie india-rubher boxes which have just been described, thick transmitting tubes not easily crushed were iitted to these receptacles. These tubes art- usually 1'isteiiel by flannel hands to the le^.s oC llie animal, and thence directed to a point of alta-hment ;il the level c>f the withers; they are then coulinued to the registering apparatus, which has been already described in the experiments on biped, locomotion. The registrar now. I'M; il.—Tliis fig"re represents Rtrottinghors-1, fumislx-d with thedlfibreot r\)»Tiiiii'iit il i]i>|-ntni'iils ; tin- lini-MMii in c:nTvni'.- tin' ri'i'i-li-r f the JMCr. llntlu: .,11(1 I In- .-iIX1 il^ lnHlniWtl, nctioni carries a j^reat iMimber of levers ; he must have four at -one for each of the le^s, and usually two other levers which receive their movements <,f re-action from the withers and the croup. Similar kinds of apparatus to tli-ise repre- sented in l\'^. 'JS are employed for this purpose. The rider carries hyihe handle a portable registering in- strument, 1o which all the levers ^i\e their signals at once; the han I wliich holds the reins is also ready to t-ompve^s a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Marey, Etienne-Jules, 1830-1904. New York : D. Appleton and co.
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