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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... inch to several inches . The more porous of these bands are the likeliest vehicles for the transmission of water from the higher to the lower part of a glacier ; and that opinion receives some con- firmation from the fact , that , at a ...
... inch to several inches . The more porous of these bands are the likeliest vehicles for the transmission of water from the higher to the lower part of a glacier ; and that opinion receives some con- firmation from the fact , that , at a ...
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... inches . 16.3 inches . 17.5 inches . 17.4 inches . 2d . This motion , evidently incompatible with sudden starts , takes place in the glacier as a whole , undisturbed by the most enormous dislocations of its surface , for these measures ...
... inches . 16.3 inches . 17.5 inches . 17.4 inches . 2d . This motion , evidently incompatible with sudden starts , takes place in the glacier as a whole , undisturbed by the most enormous dislocations of its surface , for these measures ...
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... inches , · 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. 9.5 ... ... 29th - 30th , ... 6 P.M. to 6 A.M. ... 8.5 ... ... 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. 8.9 ... ... seeming to show a greater motion during the day . 4th . In the particular case of the Mer de Glace , the higher part ...
... inches , · 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. 9.5 ... ... 29th - 30th , ... 6 P.M. to 6 A.M. ... 8.5 ... ... 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. 8.9 ... ... seeming to show a greater motion during the day . 4th . In the particular case of the Mer de Glace , the higher part ...
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... inch in any case ; and when these observations shall have been pursued , as I expect to do , until the end of September , there will be a toler- able basis for sound speculation . The 1842. ] LAWS OF MOTION OF THE MER DE GLACE 14 [ 1842 ...
... inch in any case ; and when these observations shall have been pursued , as I expect to do , until the end of September , there will be a toler- able basis for sound speculation . The 1842. ] LAWS OF MOTION OF THE MER DE GLACE 14 [ 1842 ...
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... inches . I have ascertained the velocity of motion much nearer the origin of the glacier than when I last wrote . This , which would appear to be nearly , if not quite , an experimentum crucis between the sliding and dilatation theories ...
... inches . I have ascertained the velocity of motion much nearer the origin of the glacier than when I last wrote . This , which would appear to be nearly , if not quite , an experimentum crucis between the sliding and dilatation theories ...
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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