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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... BODIES , AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE PHENOMENA OF LAVA STREAMS [ 1845 ] 21. Plastic Models . 2. Analogy of Glaciers to Lava Streams ... Note on the Velocity of Lava . XII . ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE VISCOUS THEORY OF GLACIER MOTION . * - PART II ...
... BODIES , AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE PHENOMENA OF LAVA STREAMS [ 1845 ] 21. Plastic Models . 2. Analogy of Glaciers to Lava Streams ... Note on the Velocity of Lava . XII . ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE VISCOUS THEORY OF GLACIER MOTION . * - PART II ...
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... body of the glacier itself . . . yields , owing to its slightly ductile nature , in the direction of least resistance , retaining its continuity , or recovering it by re - attachment after its parts have suffered a bruise , according to ...
... body of the glacier itself . . . yields , owing to its slightly ductile nature , in the direction of least resistance , retaining its continuity , or recovering it by re - attachment after its parts have suffered a bruise , according to ...
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... bodies , or of the metals which absorb their latent heat by degrees , and pass through intermediate stages of softness or viscosity . I hastened to avail myself of this new confirmation of views which my observations on glaciers had ...
... bodies , or of the metals which absorb their latent heat by degrees , and pass through intermediate stages of softness or viscosity . I hastened to avail myself of this new confirmation of views which my observations on glaciers had ...
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... I would mention the " Sum- mary of Evidence , " at p . 168 of this volume , and the observations on plastic bodies in the Fifteenth Letter , as not perhaps generally known . These papers are nicated to the Royal Society of London.
... I would mention the " Sum- mary of Evidence , " at p . 168 of this volume , and the observations on plastic bodies in the Fifteenth Letter , as not perhaps generally known . These papers are nicated to the Royal Society of London.
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... Body , it seemed to me that the wish which had been expressed by very many of those to whose judgment I am most willing to defer , that I should make such a detailed communication , was one with which , in my official position as ...
... Body , it seemed to me that the wish which had been expressed by very many of those to whose judgment I am most willing to defer , that I should make such a detailed communication , was one with which , in my official position as ...
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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