Animal mechanism:
a treatise on terrestrial and aërial locomotion.
By E.J. Marey ... With one hundred and seventeen illustrations, drawn and engraved under the direction of the author.

Description

Main Author

Marey, Etienne-Jules, 1830-1904.

Related Names

Means, James, 1853-1920, former owner.
Aero Club of America

Language(s)

English

Published

New York, D. Appleton and company, 1890.

Subjects

Flight.
Animal locomotion.

Note

LC Copy 2 has [1] p. of advertisements for the International Scientific Series at front; [12] addtional p. of advertisements at end. Has ownership inscription: Frank Barnett, Keokuk, Iowa, 1876; has the blind stamp of [Lowry's?] Literary Depot, a Keokuk book dealer. Has the bookplate of the Aeroclub of America. Transferred to the Library of Congress from the Langley Aeronautical Library of the Smithsonian Institution, Oct. 11, 1930.
LC Copy 1 has 4 p. of advertisements for the International Scientific Series at front; [8] p. of advertisements for D. Appleton and Co. at end. Has the bookplate of James Means. Transferred to the Library of Congress from the James Means Collection of the Langley Aeronautical Library of the Smithsonian Institution, Feb. 14, 1922.
Includes index.
Issued in red cloth covers stamped in black and gold.
First American edition: New York, 1874.

Physical Description

4, xvi, 283, [1] p. ill., diagrams. 20 cm.

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