Animal locomotion, or, walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertation on aëronautics / by J. Bell Pettigrew.

  • Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908.
Date:
1873
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Credit: Animal locomotion, or, walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertation on aëronautics / by J. Bell Pettigrew. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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