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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... Observations on the Motion of the Glacier of Aletsch ... Experi- ments on the Plasticity of the Ice of the Mer de Glace , by Observing the Distortion of a Limited Space of Ice devoid of Crevasses ... Movement of a Glacier of the Second ...
... Observations on the Motion of the Glacier of Aletsch ... Experi- ments on the Plasticity of the Ice of the Mer de Glace , by Observing the Distortion of a Limited Space of Ice devoid of Crevasses ... Movement of a Glacier of the Second ...
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... Observations made on the Glacier of the Aar ( in 1844 ) by direction of M. Agassiz ... New Con- firmation of the Plastic Theory .... Condensation of the Glacier in its downward course in consequence of Frontal Resistance ... Continuity ...
... Observations made on the Glacier of the Aar ( in 1844 ) by direction of M. Agassiz ... New Con- firmation of the Plastic Theory .... Condensation of the Glacier in its downward course in consequence of Frontal Resistance ... Continuity ...
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... Observations on the Depression of the Glacier Surface ... Ablation and Subsidence distinguished and ascertained ... On the Relative Velocity of the Surface and Bottom of a Glacier . XV . TWELFTH LETTER ON GLACIERS . Addressed to PRO ...
... Observations on the Depression of the Glacier Surface ... Ablation and Subsidence distinguished and ascertained ... On the Relative Velocity of the Surface and Bottom of a Glacier . XV . TWELFTH LETTER ON GLACIERS . Addressed to PRO ...
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... Observations on the Movement of the Mer de Glace down to 1850 ... Observations by Balmat , at different seasons , in continuation of those formerly detailed ... On the gradual passage of Ice into the Fluid State ; observations of M ...
... Observations on the Movement of the Mer de Glace down to 1850 ... Observations by Balmat , at different seasons , in continuation of those formerly detailed ... On the gradual passage of Ice into the Fluid State ; observations of M ...
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... Observations on the Movement of Gla- ciers of Chamouni in Winter , with remarks by PRO- FESSOR FORBES 269 271 * These articles ought chronologically to have preceded the two first of the Appendix ; they ought also to have been referred ...
... Observations on the Movement of Gla- ciers of Chamouni in Winter , with remarks by PRO- FESSOR FORBES 269 271 * These articles ought chronologically to have preceded the two first of the Appendix ; they ought also to have been referred ...
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