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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... tains the first description of the plastic models , with illustrative Tour of Mont Blanc and of Monte Rosa . A. and C. Black . 12mo . 1855 . PAPERS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME . xxix figures . xxviii RECENT PROGRESS OF THE GLACIER THEORY .
... tains the first description of the plastic models , with illustrative Tour of Mont Blanc and of Monte Rosa . A. and C. Black . 12mo . 1855 . PAPERS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME . xxix figures . xxviii RECENT PROGRESS OF THE GLACIER THEORY .
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... figures . The Keith Prize was awarded to the author for these communications . ] 1845. Reply to Mr. Hopkins on the Motion of Glaciers , with reasons for avoiding further controversy . Phil . Magazine , May 1845 . 1845. Tenth Letter on ...
... figures . The Keith Prize was awarded to the author for these communications . ] 1845. Reply to Mr. Hopkins on the Motion of Glaciers , with reasons for avoiding further controversy . Phil . Magazine , May 1845 . 1845. Tenth Letter on ...
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... one seems to have observed , or at least observed as an object of * [ It has not been thought necessary to reproduce the figure . ] 1841. ] COURSE OF THE VEINED STRUCTURE . 5 study 4 STRUCTURE OBSERVED IN THE ICE OF GLACIERS . [ 1841 .
... one seems to have observed , or at least observed as an object of * [ It has not been thought necessary to reproduce the figure . ] 1841. ] COURSE OF THE VEINED STRUCTURE . 5 study 4 STRUCTURE OBSERVED IN THE ICE OF GLACIERS . [ 1841 .
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... figure . In this particular case , even the strongest partisans of the dilatation theory will hardly deny , that the accumulated ice descending from the glacier cataract A would form a centre of pressure at C , and that the lines of ...
... figure . In this particular case , even the strongest partisans of the dilatation theory will hardly deny , that the accumulated ice descending from the glacier cataract A would form a centre of pressure at C , and that the lines of ...
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... figure and description of that structure ; I have found the same conoidal surfaces , and the same false appearance of horizontal stratifica- tion on the terminal face of the glacier , arising from the veins dipping inwards at first at ...
... figure and description of that structure ; I have found the same conoidal surfaces , and the same false appearance of horizontal stratifica- tion on the terminal face of the glacier , arising from the veins dipping inwards at first at ...
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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