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HAUGHTON, Samuel (1821 – 1897)

HAUGHTON, Samuel (1821 – 1897)

1821 – 1897

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Image source "Photo. by Chancellor, Dublin" · Obituary, Samuel Haughton. The Irish Naturalist Vol. VII, 1898 · Public domain

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1873 CE

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Principles of animal mechanics.

HAUGHTON, Samuel (1821 – 1897)
HAUGHTON, Samuel (1821 – 1897)

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…