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ANIMAL MECHANICS. 



Table XXII. — Comparative View of Friction of the Long 

 Flexors of Toes. 



P > P'; or Cross Section of Tendons of Toes greater than 

 Cross Section of Tendons of Muscles. 



Friction. 



i. Pyrenean Mastiff (Canis familiaris), .... 



8. Weka Weka (New Zealand Rail), .... 



9. Silver Pheasant (Gallophasis nycthemerus), 



13. Sloth {Brady pus tridactylus), 



18. Japanese Bear (Ursus Japonicus), . . . 



19. Virginian Bear ( Ursus Americanus), . . 



25. Spider Monkey f (Ateles ater), 



27. Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), .... 



28. Negro Monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), . . . 



j 31. Boomer Kangaroo (Macropus major), . . . 



65.4 per cent. 



59-° „ 



57-6 „ 



56.8 



52-4 



49-2 



49-2 „ 

 47-5 



47-4 » 

 46.0 



45-5 



44-4 „ 

 42.5 



3 6 -° if 

 3 6 -° „ 

 34-o „ 

 33-8 „ 



2 3-9 » 



25-9 



2 5-o 



24.6 „ 

 19.8 „ 

 16.2 



I2 -3 „ 



9-5 „ 

 9.0 „ 

 8.0 

 6.8 



2.0 ,, 



0.0 „ 





P >P'; or Cross Section of Tendons of Toes less than Cross 

 Section of Tendons of Muscles. 



Friction. 



31. Boomer Kangaroo (Macropus major), . . . 



32. Wallaby Kangaroo (Halmaturus TTalabatus), 



33. Alligator {Alligator Mississippiensis), 



0.0 per cent. 



1.0 



"•5 » 

 20.0 ,, 

 29.2 „ 



