Animal Locomotion; or, walking, swimming, and flying / With a dissertation on aëronautics
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- ANIMAL LOCOMOTION OR WALKING, SWIMMING, AND FLYING, WITH A DISSERTATION ON AËRONAUTICS.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- INTRODUCTION.
- PROGRESSION ON THE LAND.
- PROGRESSION ON AND IN THE WATER.
- PROGRESSION IN OR THROUGH THE AIR.
- The Wings of Insects, Bats, and Birds.
- The Wings of Bats.
- The Wings of Birds.
- AËRONAUTICS.
- CONCLUDING REMARKS.
- INDEX.
- FOOTNOTES:
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