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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... REMARKABLE STRUCTURE OBSERVED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE ICE OF GLACIERS [ 1841 ] • Obscurity of the Theory of Glacier Formation ... Ribboned Struc- ture described ... Its Course traced on the Glaciers of the Aar and Rhone ... Probably ...
... REMARKABLE STRUCTURE OBSERVED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE ICE OF GLACIERS [ 1841 ] • Obscurity of the Theory of Glacier Formation ... Ribboned Struc- ture described ... Its Course traced on the Glaciers of the Aar and Rhone ... Probably ...
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... REMARKABLE STRUCTURE OBSERVED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE ICE OF GLACIERS.— ( Read to the Royal Society , Edinburgh , Dec. 6 , 1841 ) . * Obscurity of the Theory of Glacier Formation - Ribboned Structure described - Its Course traced on the ...
... REMARKABLE STRUCTURE OBSERVED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE ICE OF GLACIERS.— ( Read to the Royal Society , Edinburgh , Dec. 6 , 1841 ) . * Obscurity of the Theory of Glacier Formation - Ribboned Structure described - Its Course traced on the ...
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... remarkable , and in some respects so unexpected , as to be of capital importance in any theory which may be proposed . I was very greatly struck with the change in the general appearance of the glacier during my absence , from the 10th ...
... remarkable , and in some respects so unexpected , as to be of capital importance in any theory which may be proposed . I was very greatly struck with the change in the general appearance of the glacier during my absence , from the 10th ...
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... remarkable rise of surface during winter . Lastly , The ablation of the surface of the glacier during its descent from a to b ( fig . 16 ) will tend continually to give the observed elongated forms of the superficial bands , by cutting ...
... remarkable rise of surface during winter . Lastly , The ablation of the surface of the glacier during its descent from a to b ( fig . 16 ) will tend continually to give the observed elongated forms of the superficial bands , by cutting ...
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... remarkable expressions whilst describing an eruption of lava : - " The colour of this stream was a brilliant pink , much brighter at the sides than in the middle , where , either from the cooling of the surface , or the accumulation of ...
... remarkable expressions whilst describing an eruption of lava : - " The colour of this stream was a brilliant pink , much brighter at the sides than in the middle , where , either from the cooling of the surface , or the accumulation of ...
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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