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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... its ex- tent ; and I arrived at the Montanvert on the 24th June , and * Geological Transactions , Second Series , iii . 477 . † Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal , October 1842 . remained there for a week . I was fortunate enough.
... its ex- tent ; and I arrived at the Montanvert on the 24th June , and * Geological Transactions , Second Series , iii . 477 . † Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal , October 1842 . remained there for a week . I was fortunate enough.
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... Montanvert in the proportion of 3 to 5 . 5th . The central part of the glacier moves faster than the edges in a very considerable proportion ; quite contrary to the opinion generally entertained . There cannot be a doubt of the accuracy ...
... Montanvert in the proportion of 3 to 5 . 5th . The central part of the glacier moves faster than the edges in a very considerable proportion ; quite contrary to the opinion generally entertained . There cannot be a doubt of the accuracy ...
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... Montanvert , amounts to 27.1 inches . I have ascertained the velocity of motion much nearer the origin of the glacier than when I last wrote . This , which would appear to be nearly , if not quite , an experimentum crucis between the ...
... Montanvert , amounts to 27.1 inches . I have ascertained the velocity of motion much nearer the origin of the glacier than when I last wrote . This , which would appear to be nearly , if not quite , an experimentum crucis between the ...
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... Montanvert , where I remained until almost the last days of the month . What I think it most interesting now to add , as supplemen- tary to my former statements , is not a description of these various glaciers , but with particular ...
... Montanvert , where I remained until almost the last days of the month . What I think it most interesting now to add , as supplemen- tary to my former statements , is not a description of these various glaciers , but with particular ...
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... since I traversed the Mer de Glace up to the higher part of the Glacier de Lechaud , whilst it was covered with snow to a depth of six inches at 1842. ] DILATATION THEORY REFUTED . 33 Montanvert , and 32 [ 1842 . FOURTH LETTER ON GLACIERS .
... since I traversed the Mer de Glace up to the higher part of the Glacier de Lechaud , whilst it was covered with snow to a depth of six inches at 1842. ] DILATATION THEORY REFUTED . 33 Montanvert , and 32 [ 1842 . FOURTH LETTER ON GLACIERS .
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ablation Alps analogy angle annual motion appears Arveiron August Balmat bands Bishop of Annecy Brenva cause centre Col du Géant compact congelation continuity convex Courmayeur crevasses curve curved bands daily motion declivity direction dirt-bands effect Etna evidence experiment fact feet fissures fluid friction frontal dip Glace of Chamouni Glacier des Bois glacier motion glacier moves glacier of Bossons Grindelwald horizontal hydrostatic pressure inches inclination internal July lava stream less Letter on Glaciers longitudinal lower marked mass measurement Mer de Glace millimetres Mont Blanc Montanvert moraine motion of glaciers mud-slide nearly névé observations origin parallel particles plane plastic Plate portion pressure produce remarkable retardation rock Saussure Saussure's season side sliding slope snow solid station summer surface Talefre temperature thawing theodolite theory of glaciers tion transverse Travels valley veined structure velocity vertical Vesuvius viscous theory volume whilst winter wrinkles