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Literary
January 11, 1905
The Manning Times
Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
An observational essay on the salmon's remarkable adaptation to aquatic life, highlighting its fragile yet efficient fins and tail for propulsion through water, incomparable to human inventions, akin to the inimitable flight of birds.
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OCR Quality
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The Mechanism of the Salmon.
A salmon is marvelously adapted to the conditions amid which it lives. It can cleave through tons of water falling perpendicularly, yet its fins and its tail, which seem to hold the propelling power, are not less fragile than the wings of a bat. It can be killed without injury to its contour, and a plaster cast of it can be made, yet no mechanism can devise an instrument which will lie in the water and move as it does, and no theory of dynamics has explained either its postures in the water or its motion. Simple in its organization as it seems, its movements are as inimitable by any human contrivance as the flight of a bird has proved to be.
A salmon is marvelously adapted to the conditions amid which it lives. It can cleave through tons of water falling perpendicularly, yet its fins and its tail, which seem to hold the propelling power, are not less fragile than the wings of a bat. It can be killed without injury to its contour, and a plaster cast of it can be made, yet no mechanism can devise an instrument which will lie in the water and move as it does, and no theory of dynamics has explained either its postures in the water or its motion. Simple in its organization as it seems, its movements are as inimitable by any human contrivance as the flight of a bird has proved to be.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Nature
What keywords are associated?
Salmon
Adaptation
Aquatic Propulsion
Natural Mechanism
Bird Flight
Literary Details
Title
The Mechanism Of The Salmon.
Key Lines
A Salmon Is Marvelously Adapted To The Conditions Amid Which It Lives.
Simple In Its Organization As It Seems, Its Movements Are As Inimitable By Any Human Contrivance As The Flight Of A Bird Has Proved To Be.