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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... marked out and exaggerated by the frozen stalagmite , which is protruded from the section of he more porous layers . In conclusion ( for the present ) , this structure deserves the attention of geologists generally , as showing how the ...
... marked out and exaggerated by the frozen stalagmite , which is protruded from the section of he more porous layers . In conclusion ( for the present ) , this structure deserves the attention of geologists generally , as showing how the ...
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... marked on insulated boulders on the glacier ; or between the heads of pegs of considerable length , stuck into the matter of the ice , and by the determination of their annual progress . " - Ed . Rev. , p . 77 . The lectures referred to ...
... marked on insulated boulders on the glacier ; or between the heads of pegs of considerable length , stuck into the matter of the ice , and by the determination of their annual progress . " - Ed . Rev. , p . 77 . The lectures referred to ...
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... marked indubitably the annual progress of the ice . I do not know that any one has attempted to perform the measurement in a manner which could lead to any certain conclusion respecting the motion of the ice at one season compared with ...
... marked indubitably the annual progress of the ice . I do not know that any one has attempted to perform the measurement in a manner which could lead to any certain conclusion respecting the motion of the ice at one season compared with ...
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... marked " accidents " of surface in its different parts , it is yet perfectly well known , that , though continually moving and changing , the distribution of these " accidents " is sensibly invariable . Every year , and year after year ...
... marked " accidents " of surface in its different parts , it is yet perfectly well known , that , though continually moving and changing , the distribution of these " accidents " is sensibly invariable . Every year , and year after year ...
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... marked D 7 , and referred to in my Travels by that name , situated a little lower than the position of the Montanvert ; the other , marked C , or " Pierre platte , " on the Glacier de Léchaud , near its junction with the Glacier du ...
... marked D 7 , and referred to in my Travels by that name , situated a little lower than the position of the Montanvert ; the other , marked C , or " Pierre platte , " on the Glacier de Léchaud , near its junction with the Glacier du ...
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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