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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... lateral compression , whether in the great experiment of nature ( in glaciers ) , or on the small scale , is , generally speaking , requisite to its success . I had , however , somewhat underrated the difficulties which my opinions had ...
... lateral compression , whether in the great experiment of nature ( in glaciers ) , or on the small scale , is , generally speaking , requisite to its success . I had , however , somewhat underrated the difficulties which my opinions had ...
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... lateral parts of the glacier . The congelation of infiltrated water was not a doctrine . which originated with me , but rather one which I had assisted in banishing as much as possible from glacial speculations . Having endeavoured to ...
... lateral parts of the glacier . The congelation of infiltrated water was not a doctrine . which originated with me , but rather one which I had assisted in banishing as much as possible from glacial speculations . Having endeavoured to ...
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... the limit of the veined structure when the dislocating forces are very great and the lateral compression small , and I have also M. PERSON'S AND MR . FARADAY'S OBSERVATIONS . xxiii writings xxii RECENT PROGRESS OF THE GLACIER THEORY .
... the limit of the veined structure when the dislocating forces are very great and the lateral compression small , and I have also M. PERSON'S AND MR . FARADAY'S OBSERVATIONS . xxiii writings xxii RECENT PROGRESS OF THE GLACIER THEORY .
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... lateral pressure was exerted sufficient to bring their bounding surfaces into contact , and that they could not have been filled with pellucid ice by any process short of the prolonged action of external cold upon infil- trated water ...
... lateral pressure was exerted sufficient to bring their bounding surfaces into contact , and that they could not have been filled with pellucid ice by any process short of the prolonged action of external cold upon infil- trated water ...
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... laterally . It is not easy to convey without a model a clear idea of the forms of surface here intended , and which yet re- quire considerable correction . I may mention , however , that the glacier of the Rhone , which I have carefully ...
... laterally . It is not easy to convey without a model a clear idea of the forms of surface here intended , and which yet re- quire considerable correction . I may mention , however , that the glacier of the Rhone , which I have carefully ...
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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