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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... Lava Streams .... Observations on Mount Vesuvius ... Moraines of Lava Streams . Some Objec- tions to the Plastic or Viscous Theory of Glaciers considered ... Verticality of Crevasses accounted for . VIII . SEVENTH LETTER ON GLACIERS ...
... Lava Streams .... Observations on Mount Vesuvius ... Moraines of Lava Streams . Some Objec- tions to the Plastic or Viscous Theory of Glaciers considered ... Verticality of Crevasses accounted for . VIII . SEVENTH LETTER ON GLACIERS ...
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... LAVA STREAMS [ 1845 ] 21. Plastic Models . 2. Analogy of Glaciers to Lava Streams ... Note on the Velocity of Lava . XII . ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE VISCOUS THEORY OF GLACIER MOTION . * - PART II . AN ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH BY OBSERVATION THE ...
... LAVA STREAMS [ 1845 ] 21. Plastic Models . 2. Analogy of Glaciers to Lava Streams ... Note on the Velocity of Lava . XII . ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE VISCOUS THEORY OF GLACIER MOTION . * - PART II . AN ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH BY OBSERVATION THE ...
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... singularity which led me to the detection of the moraine first mentioned , which I could hardly believe had escaped me so long . 1844. ] ANALOGY OF LAVA STREAMS TO GLACIERS . 43 42 [ 1844 . FIFTH LETTER ON GLACIERS .
... singularity which led me to the detection of the moraine first mentioned , which I could hardly believe had escaped me so long . 1844. ] ANALOGY OF LAVA STREAMS TO GLACIERS . 43 42 [ 1844 . FIFTH LETTER ON GLACIERS .
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... LAVA STREAMS TO GLACIERS . 43 VII . SIXTH LETTER on GLACIERS , addressed to the Right Honourable EARL CATHCART . * Analogies of Glaciers to Lava Streams Observations on Mount Vesuvius- Moraines of Lava Streams - Some Objections to the ...
... LAVA STREAMS TO GLACIERS . 43 VII . SIXTH LETTER on GLACIERS , addressed to the Right Honourable EARL CATHCART . * Analogies of Glaciers to Lava Streams Observations on Mount Vesuvius- Moraines of Lava Streams - Some Objections to the ...
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... lava issued in a very steady rapid stream , and spread itself over a gentle declivity with a velocity of not less , I think , than a foot per second . Admitting the plastic or viscous theory of glaciers , the resemblance to lava fails ...
... lava issued in a very steady rapid stream , and spread itself over a gentle declivity with a velocity of not less , I think , than a foot per second . Admitting the plastic or viscous theory of glaciers , the resemblance to lava fails ...
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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