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... wings which must serve the dual function of wing and propeller . Failure to take into account this dual function of insect wings led to the famous miscalculation proving that bees could not fly . The bee had been analyzed as a heli ...
... wings which must serve the dual function of wing and propeller . Failure to take into account this dual function of insect wings led to the famous miscalculation proving that bees could not fly . The bee had been analyzed as a heli ...
Page 45
... wing muscles , a glass needle connected to a phonograph pick - up to record the mechanical movement of the muscles , and a thermister to measure changes in body temperature . At the same time the rate and amplitude of wing strokes were ...
... wing muscles , a glass needle connected to a phonograph pick - up to record the mechanical movement of the muscles , and a thermister to measure changes in body temperature . At the same time the rate and amplitude of wing strokes were ...
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... wings of holly - leaves , and its head is a raisin burning in brandy . " Lewis Carroll , Through the Looking Glass Chapter 13 HE idea that the head of a fly is a raisin TH burning in brandy is only slightly more in- credible to many ...
... wings of holly - leaves , and its head is a raisin burning in brandy . " Lewis Carroll , Through the Looking Glass Chapter 13 HE idea that the head of a fly is a raisin TH burning in brandy is only slightly more in- credible to many ...
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