A treatise on painting . tural and the accidental weight to-gether, then the oppofite extremes of his mem-bers are not found equally diflant from thejojic-iures of his feet; and when he charges themfimply with his bare natural weight, thefe ex-tremes of the oppofite members will then, onthe contrary, be ictn equally removed from thejon^iures oi iht itQt. But of this XCindioiequili-brium I intend, hereafter, a compleat Ideal motion ^^^^ motion made by a man, or any otheranimal, in fhifting from one place to another,will be fo much the more, or the lefs quick, asthe center of his gra
A treatise on painting . tural and the accidental weight to-gether, then the oppofite extremes of his mem-bers are not found equally diflant from thejojic-iures of his feet; and when he charges themfimply with his bare natural weight, thefe ex-tremes of the oppofite members will then, onthe contrary, be ictn equally removed from thejon^iures oi iht itQt. But of this XCindioiequili-brium I intend, hereafter, a compleat Ideal motion ^^^^ motion made by a man, or any otheranimal, in fhifting from one place to another,will be fo much the more, or the lefs quick, asthe center of his gravity is more or lefs remotefrom the center of the foot which fupports , fhc height of four-footed animals variesand their mo- morc in thofc which walk than in ihofe ftand-ing ftill ;,and this variety is more or lefs con-iiderable, as the animal is of a larger or lefs^ fize. This is owing to the obliquity of the legs when they firfl: touch the ground ; whichraife the figure of the animal, when they come to.
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