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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... importance was the original theory , as delivered in the " Travels in the Alps , " subsequently modi- fied . In the earlier of my writings , I attributed the conversion of the powdery névé into the perfect glacier ( as I believe nearly ...
... importance was the original theory , as delivered in the " Travels in the Alps , " subsequently modi- fied . In the earlier of my writings , I attributed the conversion of the powdery névé into the perfect glacier ( as I believe nearly ...
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... important that I should specifically point out this change in my opinion , of which the record is to be found in these pages , because it is the only one ( I hope ) which occasions a discrepancy of any consequence between my earlier and ...
... important that I should specifically point out this change in my opinion , of which the record is to be found in these pages , because it is the only one ( I hope ) which occasions a discrepancy of any consequence between my earlier and ...
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... important in the old one , and added a new feature not only to the explanations given by myself , but to what was true in the writings of De Saussure and other older authors . In 1850 I noticed M. Person's interesting observation de ...
... important in the old one , and added a new feature not only to the explanations given by myself , but to what was true in the writings of De Saussure and other older authors . In 1850 I noticed M. Person's interesting observation de ...
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... importance , interest , and , I had almost said , novelty . I look forward to the prospect , which I hope may be realized , of extending much farther , during another summer , my direct observations and experiments , and in the meantime ...
... importance , interest , and , I had almost said , novelty . I look forward to the prospect , which I hope may be realized , of extending much farther , during another summer , my direct observations and experiments , and in the meantime ...
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... importance and difficulty of the investigation of their nature and functions that I found something to remark at every step which had not struck me before ; and even in the course of the walk along our own glacier ( as we considered ...
... importance and difficulty of the investigation of their nature and functions that I found something to remark at every step which had not struck me before ; and even in the course of the walk along our own glacier ( as we considered ...
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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