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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... Weather - Excess of Central Velocity of the Glacier ... Motion of Glaciers of Second Order , and of Snow Beds . XI . ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE VISCOUS THEORY OF GLACIER MOTION . * - PART I. CONTAINING Experiments oN THE FLOW OF PLASTIC ...
... Weather - Excess of Central Velocity of the Glacier ... Motion of Glaciers of Second Order , and of Snow Beds . XI . ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE VISCOUS THEORY OF GLACIER MOTION . * - PART I. CONTAINING Experiments oN THE FLOW OF PLASTIC ...
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... weather , I have obtained results so far definite and satisfactory , that , imperfect as they necessarily are , and only the commencement of what I expect to accomplish during the remainder of the season , I will state them shortly ...
... weather , I have obtained results so far definite and satisfactory , that , imperfect as they necessarily are , and only the commencement of what I expect to accomplish during the remainder of the season , I will state them shortly ...
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... weather on those parts which are most porous , whilst the compacter portion is washed clean by the rain , so that these bands are nothing more than visible traces of the direction of the internal icy structure , and of course correspond ...
... weather on those parts which are most porous , whilst the compacter portion is washed clean by the rain , so that these bands are nothing more than visible traces of the direction of the internal icy structure , and of course correspond ...
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... weather and a great range of atmospheric temperature , I believe that I have obtained the chief data necessary for basing a theory of its motion , upon sound mechanical principles . The changes which I have witnessed upon its surface ...
... weather and a great range of atmospheric temperature , I believe that I have obtained the chief data necessary for basing a theory of its motion , upon sound mechanical principles . The changes which I have witnessed upon its surface ...
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... weather , must inevitably , it seems to me , were this theory true , have produced an instantaneous acceleration of the mean motion of the glacier . But the con- trary was the fact ; the diurnal motion fell rather short of its previous ...
... weather , must inevitably , it seems to me , were this theory true , have produced an instantaneous acceleration of the mean motion of the glacier . But the con- trary was the fact ; the diurnal motion fell rather short of its previous ...
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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