. Animal mechanism: a treatise on terrestrial and aerial locomotion. Animal locomotion. Fir, 91.— We have turned liack tin, ri.'lit hand (Miner of the two pianos which furm theaiitflc. After a descent in a parabolic curve, the apparatus .-iLMin, as shown l>y the doited trajectory. If we turn back either the anterior or posterior edge of our little apparatus, we shall see it at a given moment of its descent rise in opposition to its own weight, but it will soon lose its upward movement (fig. 91). Let us consider what has taken place. So long as the paper descended with but slight rapidity, t
. Animal mechanism: a treatise on terrestrial and aerial locomotion. Animal locomotion. Fir, 91.— We have turned liack tin, ri.'lit hand (Miner of the two pianos which furm theaiitflc. After a descent in a parabolic curve, the apparatus .-iLMin, as shown l>y the doited trajectory. If we turn back either the anterior or posterior edge of our little apparatus, we shall see it at a given moment of its descent rise in opposition to its own weight, but it will soon lose its upward movement (fig. 91). Let us consider what has taken place. So long as the paper descended with but slight rapidity, tin- effect of its curvature was not perceptible., because. the air resists surfaces only in the ratio of the velocity with which they move. But when the rapidity was sullicii ntly great, an. 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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