Occasional Papers on the Theory of Glaciers Now First Collected and Chronologically Arranged: With a Prefatory Note on the Recent Progress and Present Aspect of the TheoryA. and C. Black, 1859 - 278 páginas |
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... Géant and that of Grindelwald , probably corresponding to the position of the Dirt - Bands ... An Ancient Moraine at Chamouni . VII . SIXTH LETTER ON GLACIERS . Addressed to the Right Honourable EARL CATHCART [ 1844 ] • Analogies of ...
... Géant and that of Grindelwald , probably corresponding to the position of the Dirt - Bands ... An Ancient Moraine at Chamouni . VII . SIXTH LETTER ON GLACIERS . Addressed to the Right Honourable EARL CATHCART [ 1844 ] • Analogies of ...
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... Geant , where I had the satis- faction of still finding the remains of Saussure's Cabane of 1788 , I have pursued for a fortnight my experiments on the motion . of the Mer de Glace . Being composed , as you know , of several tributaries ...
... Geant , where I had the satis- faction of still finding the remains of Saussure's Cabane of 1788 , I have pursued for a fortnight my experiments on the motion . of the Mer de Glace . Being composed , as you know , of several tributaries ...
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... Géant , which presents , certainly , the grandest views I have hitherto met with in the Alps . I must not , however , stop to describe , as my present object is to fulfil the promise in my last respecting the structure of glacier ice ...
... Géant , which presents , certainly , the grandest views I have hitherto met with in the Alps . I must not , however , stop to describe , as my present object is to fulfil the promise in my last respecting the structure of glacier ice ...
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... Géant and that of Grindelwald , probably corresponding to the position of the Dirt - Bands - An Ancient Moraine at Chamouni . ROME , 29th January 1844 . My Lord - In reply to your kind letter of the 14th Decem- ber last , requesting me ...
... Géant and that of Grindelwald , probably corresponding to the position of the Dirt - Bands - An Ancient Moraine at Chamouni . ROME , 29th January 1844 . My Lord - In reply to your kind letter of the 14th Decem- ber last , requesting me ...
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... Géant . It was the former of these masses which had been approximately observed in position by my guide , Auguste Balmat , during the winter of 1842-3 , with great labour and fidelity - observations which first conclusively proved the ...
... Géant . It was the former of these masses which had been approximately observed in position by my guide , Auguste Balmat , during the winter of 1842-3 , with great labour and fidelity - observations which first conclusively proved the ...
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Alps analogy angle annual motion appears Arveiron August Balmat bands Bishop of Annecy breadth cause centre continuity convex Courmayeur crevasses curve curved bands daily motion direction dirt-bands Edinburgh Elie de Beaumont Etna evidence experiment fact feet fissures fluid fluidity friction frontal dip Glace of Chamouni Glacier des Bois glacier motion glacier moves glacier of Bossons Grindelwald hydrostatic hydrostatic pressure inches inclination July lava stream less Letter on Glaciers longitudinal lower marked mass Mean daily motion measurement Mer de Glace millimetres Mont Blanc Montanvert moraine motion of glaciers movement nearly névé observations origin parallel particles Philosophical Journal plastic Plate portion pressure produce resistance retardation rock Saussure Saussure's theory season sides sliding slope snow solid station summer surface temperature thawing theodolite theory of glaciers tion transverse Travels Trelaporte valley veined structure velocity vertical Vesuvius viscous theory volume weather whilst winter