 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 488 Seiten
...said to lose so much of its own. The sloth is by no means a small animal ; and yet it can travel only fifty paces in a day : a worm crawls only five inches in fifty seconds ; but a lady-bird can fly twenty million times its own length, in less than an hour c. An elk will... | |
 | 1842 - 284 Seiten
...secure." JK STATISTICS OF SPEED. THE sloth is by no means a small animal, and yet it can travel only fifty paces in a day ; a worm crawls only five inches in fifty seconds ; but a lady-bird can fly twenty millions its own length in less than an hour ; an elk can run a mile... | |
 | Ralph Willard Allen - 1842 - 216 Seiten
...said to lose so much of its own. The sloth is by no means a small animal, and yet it can travel only fifty paces in a day ; a worm crawls only five inches in fifty seconds ; but a lady-bird can fly twenty million times its own length in less than an hour. An elk can run... | |
 | 1846 - 586 Seiten
...said to lose so much of its own. The sloth is by no means a small animal, and yet it can travel only fifty paces in a day ; a worm crawls only five inches in fifty seconds ; but a 'lady-bird can fly 20 million times its own length in less than an hour ; an elk can run a... | |
 | 1847 - 480 Seiten
...said to lose so much of its own. The sloth is by no means a small animal, and yet it can travel only fifty paces in a day ; a worm crawls only five inches in fifty seconds ; but a lady-bird can fly twenty million times its own length in leas than an hour. An elk can run... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1857 - 1022 Seiten
...said to lose so much of its own. The sloth is by no means a small animal, and yet it can travel only fifty paces in a day ; a worm crawls only five inches in fifty seconds ; but a lady-bird can fly twenty millions of times its own length in less than an hour. An elk can... | |
 | 860 Seiten
...lose so much of its own. The sloth is by no means a small animal, and yet it cannot travel more than fifty paces in a day; a worm crawls only five inches in fifty seconds ; but a lady-bird can fly twenty millions of times its own length in less than an hour. An elk can... | |
 | 1852 - 436 Seiten
...said to lose so much of its own. The sloth is by no means a small animal, and yet it can travel only fifty paces in a day; a worm crawls only five inches in fifty seconds ; but a lady-bird can fly twenty million times its own length in less than an hour. An elk can run... | |
 | 1852 - 542 Seiten
...said to lose so much of its own. The sloth is by no means a small animal, and yet it can travel only fifty paces in a day ; a worm crawls only five inches in fifty seconds ; but a ladybird can fly twenty million times its own length in less than an hour. An elk can run a... | |
 | 1854 - 652 Seiten
...said to lose so much of Us own. The sloth is by no means a small animal, and yet it can travel only fifty paces in a day. A worm crawls only five inches in 50 seconds ; but a lady-bird can fly 20,000,000 times its own length in less than an hour. An elk can... | |
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... one body giving any quantity of motion to another, is said to lose so much of its own. The sloth is by no means a small animal, and yet it can travel only fifty paces in a day ; a worm crawls only five inches in fifty seconds ; but a lady-bird can... 
