 In the large feet of those animals. the contrivance is easily observed, of the toes and muscles, by which the skin of the foot is pinned down, and the air excluded in the act of walking or climbing ; but it is the very same, only upon a larger scale,...  The London Magazine - Page 5661827Full view - About this book
 | Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1827 - 68 pages
...the large feet of these animals, the contrivance is easily observed, of the two toes or tightners, by which the skin of the foot is pinned down, and...creeping of the fly on the -window or the ceiling, are performed exactly by the same power, the weight of the atmosphere, which causes the quicksilver... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Mathematics - 1828 - 248 pages
...same. In the large feet of those animals, the contrivance is easily observed, of the toes and muscles, by which the skin of the foot is pinned down, and...creeping of the fly on the window or the ceiling, are performed exactly by the same power, the weight of the atmosphere, which causes the quicksilver... | |
 | Universalism - 1828 - 396 pages
...animals, the contrivance is easily observed, of the two toes or tighteners, by which the skin of ihe feet is pinned down, and the air excluded in the act of...but it is the very same, only upon a larger scale, wi h the mechanism of a fly's or butterfly's foot; and both operations, the climbing of the sea hccse... | |
 | 1829 - 522 pages
...same. In the large feet of those animals, the contrivance is easily observed, of the toes and muscles, by which the skin of the foot is pinned down, and...creeping of the fly on the window or the ceiling, are performed exactly by the same power, the weight of the atmosphere, which causes the quicksilver... | |
 | Science - 1831 - 336 pages
...the large feet of these animals, the contrivance is easily observed, of the two toes or tightners, by which the skin of the foot is pinned down, and...upon a larger scale, with the mechanism of a fly's or butterfly's foot ; and both operations, the climbing of the sea-horse on the ice, and the creeping... | |
 | Science - 1831 - 336 pages
...the large feet of these animals, the contrivance is easily observed, of the two toes or tightners, by which the skin of the foot is pinned down, and...upon a larger scale, with the mechanism of a fly's or butterfly's foot; and both operations, the climbing of the sea-horse on the ice, and the creeping of... | |
 | William Daniel Conybeare - Theology - 1831 - 188 pages
...the large feet of these animals, the contrivance is easily observed, of the two toes or tightners, by which the skin of the foot is pinned down, and...walking or climbing ; but it is the very same, only on a larger scale, with the mechanism of a fly's or a butterfly's foot ; and both operations, the climbing... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1832 - 510 pages
...the large feet of these animals, the contrivance is easily observed, of the two toes or tightners, by which the skin of the foot is pinned down, and...in the act of walking or climbing ; but it is the yery same, only upon a larger scale, with the mechanism of a fly'ยป or a butterfly's foot ; and both... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1836 - 226 pages
...the large feet of these animals, the contrivance is easily observed, of the two toes or tightners, by which the skin of the foot is pinned down, and...butterfly's foot ; and both operations, the climbing of the sea-hgrse on the ice, and the creeping of the fly on the window or the ceiling, are performed exactly... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Political science - 1839 - 514 pages
...same. In the large feet of those animals, the contrivance is easily observed, of the toes and muscles, by which the skin of the foot is pinned down, and...creeping of the fly on the window or the ceiling, are performed exactly by the same power, the weight of the atmosphere, which causes the quicksilver... | |
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