Self-propelled movement of a cell or organism from one location to another

Engineering: a polishing machine (top), and a walking machine (below). Etching.

Tractatus quinque medico-physici / Quorum primus agit de sal-nitro et spiritu nitro-aereo. Secundus de respiratione. Tertius de respiratione foetus in utero, et ovo. Quartus de motu musculari, et spiritibus animalis. Ultimus de rhachitide [sic].

On the mechanism and motions of the human foot and leg / by John Cross.

1 videocassette (DIGIBETA) (21:16 mins) : silent, black and white, PAL.<br/>1 DVD (21:16 mins) : silent, black and white, PAL.

Reflex locomotion.

1 film reel (3 min.) : silent, colour ; 16 mm.

Walking I : boy aged 11 months.

On the movement of animals / Giovanni Alfonso Borelli ; translated by Paul Maquet.

ix, 173 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm

Indecent exposures : Eadweard Muybridge's animal locomotion nudes / Sarah Gordon.

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Locomotion

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On the mechanism and motions of the human foot and leg / by John Cross.

Reflex locomotion.

Walking I : boy aged 11 months.

On the movement of animals / Giovanni Alfonso Borelli ; translated by Paul Maquet.

Indecent exposures : Eadweard Muybridge's animal locomotion nudes / Sarah Gordon.

Locomotion

Images from the collections

Images about Locomotion

Works from the collections

On the mechanism and motions of the human foot and leg / by John Cross.

Reflex locomotion.

Walking I : boy aged 11 months.

On the movement of animals / Giovanni Alfonso Borelli ; translated by Paul Maquet.

Indecent exposures : Eadweard Muybridge's animal locomotion nudes / Sarah Gordon.

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