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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... Cold of Winter may be supposed to accomplish . VI . FIFTH LETTER ON GLACIERS . Addressed to the Right Honourable EARL CATHCART [ 1844 ] Motion of the Mer de Glace in the year 1842-3 ... Winter Move- ment ... The Veined Structure ...
... Cold of Winter may be supposed to accomplish . VI . FIFTH LETTER ON GLACIERS . Addressed to the Right Honourable EARL CATHCART [ 1844 ] Motion of the Mer de Glace in the year 1842-3 ... Winter Move- ment ... The Veined Structure ...
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... cold must penetrate to some depth in the glacier , and at first I was willing to admit not only that it was the efficient cause of the conversion of the névé into ice , and of the glassy bands of the veined structure , but that it might ...
... cold must penetrate to some depth in the glacier , and at first I was willing to admit not only that it was the efficient cause of the conversion of the névé into ice , and of the glassy bands of the veined structure , but that it might ...
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... cold water which infiltrates it . In this condition , molecular attachment I stated to be comparatively easy , the opacity disappearing as optical contact is attained . The " glacification " of the névé takes place by the kneading or ...
... cold water which infiltrates it . In this condition , molecular attachment I stated to be comparatively easy , the opacity disappearing as optical contact is attained . The " glacification " of the névé takes place by the kneading or ...
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... the prolonged action of external cold upon infil- trated water . I believe , however , that these appearances are confined to the neighbourhood of the surface and sides of glaciers . the softened ice under pressure still appears to me to.
... the prolonged action of external cold upon infil- trated water . I believe , however , that these appearances are confined to the neighbourhood of the surface and sides of glaciers . the softened ice under pressure still appears to me to.
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... Cold of Winter may be supposed to accom- plish . GENEVA , 5th October 1842 . My Dear Sir - Since my last letter from Zermatt , I have had an opportunity of examining the glaciers on different sides of Monte Rosa , particularly those of ...
... Cold of Winter may be supposed to accom- plish . GENEVA , 5th October 1842 . My Dear Sir - Since my last letter from Zermatt , I have had an opportunity of examining the glaciers on different sides of Monte Rosa , particularly those of ...
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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