THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE OF MINIMUM WORK APPLIED TO THE ANGLE OF BRANCHING OF ARTERIES
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- 20 July 1926
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of general physiology
- Vol. 9 (6), 835-841
- https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.9.6.835
Abstract
Relations are developed, based on principles formulated in a previous paper [See Biol. Absts. 2/3 Entry 2772] from which can be calculated "ideal" angles for the free branching of arteries and veins (as in a lung). The deductions, based on economy of work, are claimed to agree more nearly with observation than does the "Law of Hess," which is based on economy of fall in pressure.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The Physiological Principle of Minimum WorkProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1926