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THE notion that the legs of animals behave as pendulums is ascribed to the brothers Weber. I can find no indication that the notion was more than a general one, and, in the general sense, when pointed out, it is obvious to a student of dynamics, for legs have inertia and weight and dynamics is reasonably near to the truth.
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ROWELL, H. Animal Mechanism. Nature 110, 542 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110542b0
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