Damper for bad vibrations

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 2001 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 414, pages 855-857 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: R. McNeill Alexander;

doi: 10.1038/414855a

Damper for bad vibrations

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Some muscle fibres in the legs of horses seem to be evolutionary leftovers with no function. But in fact they may act to damp damaging vibrations generated in the leg as the horse runs.

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