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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 ...
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... wings ... then i carry the germs uses into the households of men don marquis , the lives and times of archy and mehitabel Chapter 3 A PROPERLY conducted experiment is a beautiful thing . It is an adventure , an expedition , a conquest ...
... wings ... then i carry the germs uses into the households of men don marquis , the lives and times of archy and mehitabel Chapter 3 A PROPERLY conducted experiment is a beautiful thing . It is an adventure , an expedition , a conquest ...
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... 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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