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reproduction of this phenomenon. This method will certainly 

 permit us to determine, with a precision hitherto unknown, 

 both the motive work and resistant work in aquatic 

 locomotion. It will, therefore, be advisable to wait for the 

 results of experiments which are now being made, and 

 which will be of equal service both to mechanicians and to 

 physiologists. 



