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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... GLACIERS I. ON A REMARKABLE STRUCTURE OBSERVED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE ICE OF GLACIERS [ 1841 ] • Obscurity of the Theory of Glacier ... move in Winter . Page xiii 1 9 13 17 V. FOURTH LETTER ON GLACIERS . Addressed to PROFESSOR JAMESON.
... GLACIERS I. ON A REMARKABLE STRUCTURE OBSERVED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE ICE OF GLACIERS [ 1841 ] • Obscurity of the Theory of Glacier ... move in Winter . Page xiii 1 9 13 17 V. FOURTH LETTER ON GLACIERS . Addressed to PROFESSOR JAMESON.
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... glacier . With regard to extent , this structure was observable on the Lower Glacier of the Aar , from its lower ... moves at a very considerable angle . The ice in this part of the glacier is distinctly granular , being composed of ...
... glacier . With regard to extent , this structure was observable on the Lower Glacier of the Aar , from its lower ... moves at a very considerable angle . The ice in this part of the glacier is distinctly granular , being composed of ...
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... glacier moves by starts and irregularly ( as we should certainly expect on the sliding theory ) , or uniformly and evenly ; and if so , whether it moves only at one part of the twenty - four hours , and stands still during the remainder ...
... glacier moves by starts and irregularly ( as we should certainly expect on the sliding theory ) , or uniformly and evenly ; and if so , whether it moves only at one part of the twenty - four hours , and stands still during the remainder ...
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... Glacier de Lechaud ) moves slower than the lower part near the 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 ...
... Glacier de Lechaud ) moves slower than the lower part near the 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 ...
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... glacier , as well where compact and completely even , as where most fissured ; nor perhaps is the variation of ... glacier , it invariably results as before , that the centre moves faster than the sides of the ice - stream . In the ...
... glacier , as well where compact and completely even , as where most fissured ; nor perhaps is the variation of ... glacier , it invariably results as before , that the centre moves faster than the sides of the ice - stream . In the ...
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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