 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
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...the large feet of these animals, the contrivance is easily observed, of the two toes or lightners, by which the skin of the foot is pinned down, and...mechanism of a fly's or a butterfly's foot ; and both 9 operations, the climbing of the sea-horse on the ice, and *" the creeping of the fly on the window... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Great Britain - 1841 - 382 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... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Great Britain - 1841 - 344 pages
...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...with the mechanism of a fly's or a butterfly's foot; and:boih operations, the climbing of the sea-horse on the ice, and the creeping of the fly on the window... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Education, Higher - 1843 - 342 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...ice, and the creeping of the fly on the window or the ceilios, are performed by exactly the same power, the weight of the atmosphere, which causes the quicksilver... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1844 - 504 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... | |
 | Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...And 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...climbing of the seahorse on the ice, and the creeping of a fly on the window or the ceiling, are performed exactly by the same power, the weight of the atmosphere,... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Eloquence - 1856 - 442 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... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 440 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... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 446 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... | |
 | 1828 - 484 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...only upon a larger scale, with the mechanism of a fly or a butterfly's foot ; and both operations, the climbing of the sea-horse on the ice, and the... | |
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