. Animal mechanism: a treatise on terrestrial and aerial locomotion. Animal locomotion. 128 ANIMAL Nothing like lliis is observed in the descent of a staircase; tin- step-curves cease to encroach 0:1 other, and succeed each other very nearly as in ordinary \\alking on level l'i .;. '?'.' — Tracing prodnee'l l>y walking upstairs. TX ;_r f tin- pressure aii'l i ise cif tin- rijlit f«ii it full line. (',. tracing ul the li-ft I'm it (tintf-il lilie). It is sccll that flu- l/U I VI- x )iv,.,lueeil lln- t'i'i-t i -1 1, T, -aril i 'Hi' «'ll 11 10 her. Mi


. Animal mechanism: a treatise on terrestrial and aerial locomotion. Animal locomotion. 128 ANIMAL Nothing like lliis is observed in the descent of a staircase; tin- step-curves cease to encroach 0:1 other, and succeed each other very nearly as in ordinary \\alking on level l'i .;. '?'.' — Tracing prodnee'l l>y walking upstairs. TX ;_r f tin- pressure aii'l i ise cif tin- rijlit f«ii it full line. (',. tracing ul the li-ft I'm it (tintf-il lilie). It is sccll that flu- l/U I VI- x )iv,.,lueeil lln- t'i'i-t i -1 1, T, -aril i 'Hi' «'ll 11 10 her. Mini tliat tin- of the pressures of the fuct with till- UlH-1 lift lit,1 IH' 2. Of running. — Tins mode of progression, more rapid than walking, consists, like if, in alternate treads of the two feet, wlise step-curves follow eacli other at equal ; but it presents this diil'erence, that in running;, the body leaves the ground for an instant at each step. Accordingly, as r:muing is more or less rapid, different names are \ :i I'M II line , i 11111. let an I n~e of ri/ht to it. li. , I •tie. I 1 in-i ae 11 "ii ,i| the left i> oscillations and vertical re actions of tneli.»l\. The of the |',-i-t ;ii-,. niol'e energetic than ill ; in fact, they not only sustain the \\eight of the. 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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