. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Science. Fig. 1.—Graviportal and cursorial modes of locomotion contrasted in the anible of the elephant (I) and gallop of the horse (II) I after Muybridge ; II after Stillman ment" of the stride and the ballistic power of the limbs are at a maximum in cursorial animals and at a minimum in graviportal animals. The "acceleration increment" will no doubt increase also with the potency of the psychic motive and of the neural stimulus (cf., p. 282). In brief, the factors of length of stride are (1) length of limb, (2) angle of stride, (3)
. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Science. Fig. 1.—Graviportal and cursorial modes of locomotion contrasted in the anible of the elephant (I) and gallop of the horse (II) I after Muybridge ; II after Stillman ment" of the stride and the ballistic power of the limbs are at a maximum in cursorial animals and at a minimum in graviportal animals. The "acceleration increment" will no doubt increase also with the potency of the psychic motive and of the neural stimulus (cf., p. 282). In brief, the factors of length of stride are (1) length of limb, (2) angle of stride, (3) acceleration Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York Academy of Sciences. New York, New York Academy of Sciences
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