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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... less natural that I , who rather hoped for than expected such a pal- pable illustration of my opinion , should see in it , not a new explanation of the phenomena of glaciers , but a new proof that the explanation which I had advanced ...
... less natural that I , who rather hoped for than expected such a pal- pable illustration of my opinion , should see in it , not a new explanation of the phenomena of glaciers , but a new proof that the explanation which I had advanced ...
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... less extensively fissured by open cracks , which is yet seen ulti- mately to recover its continuity ; ( 2 ) the reunion by pellucid ice of the surfaces rent by the bruising action producing the veined structure ; ( 3 ) the ...
... less extensively fissured by open cracks , which is yet seen ulti- mately to recover its continuity ; ( 2 ) the reunion by pellucid ice of the surfaces rent by the bruising action producing the veined structure ; ( 3 ) the ...
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... less compact bands of ice . The breadth of these varies from a small fraction of an inch to several inches . The more porous of these bands are the likeliest vehicles for the transmission of water from the higher to the lower part of a ...
... less compact bands of ice . The breadth of these varies from a small fraction of an inch to several inches . The more porous of these bands are the likeliest vehicles for the transmission of water from the higher to the lower part of a ...
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... less do I mean to say that anything I have now to state can be considered as critically decisive between rival theories ; but my experiments certainly do show that the kind of precision which I desired to see introduced into reason ...
... less do I mean to say that anything I have now to state can be considered as critically decisive between rival theories ; but my experiments certainly do show that the kind of precision which I desired to see introduced into reason ...
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... less degree , appears to be the only true essential structure which they possess , and which , you will recollect , I described in a paper printed in your Journal for January last . The existence of granules divided by capillary ...
... less degree , appears to be the only true essential structure which they possess , and which , you will recollect , I described in a paper printed in your Journal for January last . The existence of granules divided by capillary ...
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