Identifier: appliedanatomyk00bowe (find matches)
Title: Applied anatomy and kinesiology; the mechanism of muscular movement
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Bowen, Wilbur Pardon, 1864-1928
Subjects: Exercise Muscles Physical education and training
Publisher: Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Fig. 191.—Bicycling, erect po.sition. (Photo by Ethel Perrin.)
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Fig. 192.—Bicycling, stooped position. (Photo by Ethel Perrin.) too often or for too long a time. Since boys are apt to be moreinterested in speed than in posture it is important to teach themhow to follow the pedal with the foot and to have their bicyclesequipped with toe clips, so that they can get the racers speedwithout his characteristic hump. CHAPTER XVII.INDUSTRIAL OCCUPATIONS. The bodily movements involved in iadustrial occupations, likethose of play and sport, include both the handling of objects andlocomotion. In sport locomotion is perhaps the more prominentof the two, but in industry the reverse is true. This has come aboutbecause in the displacement of muscle by machinery it is the fieldof locomotion that has been invaded most. While boats, steamtrains, trolley cars, automobiles and elevators now do most of thetransportation of people and freight—once done by muscularpower—many of the primitive ways of handling objects are stillin use and the use of machinery is lea

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