Android Makers Encyclopaedia: W

Here are the few specimen entries for the Android Makers Encyclopedia "W" topics:


     Walking:
"When you go for a walk . in a normal manner at a typical speed . both of your feet are on the ground 30 percent of the time." [Boyd, 12 March 1992, pg. 28.]

     Weight distribution:
Head

6.9%

Trunk and neck
46.1%

Upper arms
6.6%

Lower arms
4.2%

Hands
1.7%

Thighs
21.5%

Legs
9.6%

Feet
3.4%

"If the weight of your brain is less than 2 percent of your body weight, your body is too big or your brain is too ..." [Boyd, 26 June 1990, pg. 21] "If you're of a typical full-grown size, your brain weighs about 2 percent of your body weight." [Boyd, 27 Jan. `95.]

     WhiFt: White FIBROUS tissue, PLIANT & FLEXIBLE, STRONG, TOUGH, INEXTENSIBLE connecting medium. The "shorthand" used for the androtic equivalent for this ligature material required some invention, but it is "WhiFt." [Gray, p.217]




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