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HAUGHTON, Samuel

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Principles of animal mechanics.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1873.

Haughton stated that the muscular mechanism is so arranged that its work is carried out with the minimum of muscular contraction. This he called the “principle of least action”. His opposition to Darwinism is especially noticed in this book.



Subjects: Biomechanics