. The dovecote and the aviary : being sketches of the natural history of pigeons and other domestic birds in a captive state : with hints for their management. Cage birds; Pigeons. chap. PRINCIPLE OF FLIGHT. 425. from falling. With the hovering and drifting Albatross, part of the resolved force of the wind is employed in causing the onward motion of the bird, and part in keeping it from sinking, parachute-wise to the earth, and gravity, or the attraction of the earth, answers to the tension of the string of the kite; but still the string exists to all intents and purposes, as actually as
. The dovecote and the aviary : being sketches of the natural history of pigeons and other domestic birds in a captive state : with hints for their management. Cage birds; Pigeons. chap. PRINCIPLE OF FLIGHT. 425. from falling. With the hovering and drifting Albatross, part of the resolved force of the wind is employed in causing the onward motion of the bird, and part in keeping it from sinking, parachute-wise to the earth, and gravity, or the attraction of the earth, answers to the tension of the string of the kite; but still the string exists to all intents and purposes, as actually as if it were made of hemp or iron wire. There is at work in the universe many an agent that is little suspected. A power is not the less potent and real because it happens to be unseen, nor even if it be included amongst the things that are absolutely in- 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 Dixon, Edmund Saul, 1809-1893. London : Wm. S. Orr
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