 Here we see the admirable wisdom of the author of nature in forming the bones of animal limbs hollow. The bones of the arms and legs have to perform the office of levers, and are thus opposed to very great transverse strains. By this form they become...  Practical Essays on Mill Work and Other Machinery - Page 330by Robertson Buchanan - 1823 - 588 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 452 pages
...wifdom of the Author of Hfn¿ ^ nature in forming the bones of animal limbs hollow. The wi Plora ci bones of the arms and legs have to perform the office of le-(jodin vers, and are thus oppofed to very great tranfverfe drains. By ¡ОГЯ1М1е! : this form... | |
 | Robertson Buchanan - Mills and mill-work - 1814 - 178 pages
...surrounding shell is thinner in proportion to its diameter. Here we see the admirable wisdom of the Authorof nature in forming the bones of animal limbs hollow....are lighter and therefore more agile; and the same wisdom has made use of this hollow for other valuable purposes of the animal economy. In like manner... | |
 | John Robison, James Watt - Astronomy - 1822 - 768 pages
...stiffness is so much the greater as the surrounding shell is thinner in proportion to its diameter. 401. Here we see the admirable wisdom of the author of...By this form they become incomparably stronger and stifier, and give more room for the insertion of muscles, while they are lighter and therefore more... | |
 | John Robison, James Watt - Astronomy - 1822 - 758 pages
...stiffness is so much the greater as the surrounding shell is thinner in proportion to its diameter. 401. Here we see the admirable wisdom of the author of...levers, and are thus opposed to very great transverse strain*. By this form they become incomparably stronger and stiffer, and give more room for the insertion... | |
 | John Robison, James Watt - Astronomy - 1822 - 770 pages
...forming the bones of animal limbs hollow. The bones of the arms and legs have to perform the of. fice of levers, and are thus opposed to very great transverse...are lighter and therefore more agile ; and the same wisdom has made use of this hollaw for other valuable purposes of the animal economy. In like manner,... | |
 | Arthur Ashpitel - Architecture - 1867 - 442 pages
...wisdom of the Author of na- Hence the ture in forming the bones of animal limbs hollow. The wisdom of bones of the arms and legs have to perform the office of? -m , levers, and are thus opposed to very great transverse strains, ь^иц^е.' By this form they... | |
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