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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With a Prefatory Note on the Recent Progress and Present Aspect of the Theory James David Forbes. 1 1 FRONTISPIECE PLATE ; p.168 F11 行分 OCCASIONAL PAPERS ON.
With a Prefatory Note on the Recent Progress and Present Aspect of the Theory James David Forbes. 1 1 FRONTISPIECE PLATE ; p.168 F11 行分 OCCASIONAL PAPERS ON.
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With a Prefatory Note on the Recent Progress and Present Aspect of the Theory James David Forbes. FRONTISPIECE Figl PLATE * p . 168 45 Andrew Sq Tambur .
With a Prefatory Note on the Recent Progress and Present Aspect of the Theory James David Forbes. FRONTISPIECE Figl PLATE * p . 168 45 Andrew Sq Tambur .
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... Plate II . read Plate I. 119 , line 1 , for XIV . read XIII . PREFATORY NOTE ON THE RECENT PROGRESS AND PRESENT ASPECT OF xii CONTENTS .
... Plate II . read Plate I. 119 , line 1 , for XIV . read XIII . PREFATORY NOTE ON THE RECENT PROGRESS AND PRESENT ASPECT OF xii CONTENTS .
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... plates of ice , even at a thawing temperature , the film of water is frozen , and the plates of ice cohere ; and also that damp snow becomes , by the same process , compacted into a snow - ball , which will not occur if the snow is dry ...
... plates of ice , even at a thawing temperature , the film of water is frozen , and the plates of ice cohere ; and also that damp snow becomes , by the same process , compacted into a snow - ball , which will not occur if the snow is dry ...
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... plates of ice , even though that ice be exteriorly melting , been noticed by me when it was first published , I would have unquestionably quoted it as a valuable auxiliary in explaining the possible congelation of water in the minuter ...
... plates of ice , even though that ice be exteriorly melting , been noticed by me when it was first published , I would have unquestionably quoted it as a valuable auxiliary in explaining the possible congelation of water in the minuter ...
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