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 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 100
Página vii
... THEORY OF GLACIERS I. ON A 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 ...
... THEORY OF GLACIERS I. ON A 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 ...
Página viii
... Glacier resembles that of a Viscid Fluid -- Objections to the Dilatation Theory ...... . What the Cold of Winter may be supposed to accomplish . VI . FIFTH LETTER ON GLACIERS . Addressed to the Right Honourable EARL CATHCART [ 1844 ] ...
... Glacier resembles that of a Viscid Fluid -- Objections to the Dilatation Theory ...... . What the Cold of Winter may be supposed to accomplish . VI . FIFTH LETTER ON GLACIERS . Addressed to the Right Honourable EARL CATHCART [ 1844 ] ...
Página ix
... GLACIERS . Addressed to PROFESSOR JAMESON [ 1845 ] . Remarks on the Recent Observations made on the Glacier of the Aar ( in 1844 ) by direction of M. Agassiz ... New Con- firmation of the Plastic Theory ... Glaciers of Second Order , and of ...
... GLACIERS . Addressed to PROFESSOR JAMESON [ 1845 ] . Remarks on the Recent Observations made on the Glacier of the Aar ( in 1844 ) by direction of M. Agassiz ... New Con- firmation of the Plastic Theory ... Glaciers of Second Order , and of ...
Página x
With a Prefatory Note on the Recent Progress and Present Aspect of the Theory James David Forbes. ' XIV . ELEVENTH LETTER ON GLACIERS . FESSOR JAMESON [ 1846 ] Page Addressed to PRO- • 169 Observations on the Depression of the Glacier ...
With a Prefatory Note on the Recent Progress and Present Aspect of the Theory James David Forbes. ' XIV . ELEVENTH LETTER ON GLACIERS . FESSOR JAMESON [ 1846 ] Page Addressed to PRO- • 169 Observations on the Depression of the Glacier ...
Página xix
... theory , as delivered in the " Travels in the Alps , " subsequently modi- fied . In the earlier of my writings , I attributed the conversion of the powdery névé into the perfect glacier ( as I believe nearly all preceding and ...
... theory , as delivered in the " Travels in the Alps , " subsequently modi- fied . In the earlier of my writings , I attributed the conversion of the powdery névé into the perfect glacier ( as I believe nearly all preceding and ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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