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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... measurements of the motion of the Ice ... Analogy from the motion of the Rhone . XVI . THIRTEENTH LETTER ON GLACIERS ... measured ... On the Conversion of the Névé into Ice ... Congelation of Infiltrated Water not necessary to produce ...
... measurements of the motion of the Ice ... Analogy from the motion of the Rhone . XVI . THIRTEENTH LETTER ON GLACIERS ... measured ... On the Conversion of the Névé into Ice ... Congelation of Infiltrated Water not necessary to produce ...
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... measure . This is often the reason of the prophet being without ' honour in his own country . ' It is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honour by being seen in their rudiments . " - Life ...
... measure . This is often the reason of the prophet being without ' honour in his own country . ' It is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honour by being seen in their rudiments . " - Life ...
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... measure obsolete , and would have served no other purpose but to show the great advance which the subject has since made . The longest part of the article was upon the geological aspect of glaciers , one hardly touched upon from the ...
... measure obsolete , and would have served no other purpose but to show the great advance which the subject has since made . The longest part of the article was upon the geological aspect of glaciers , one hardly touched upon from the ...
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... measures as the only basis of accurate induction . I pointed out , also , the several experiments of a critical kind ... measurement , at successive periods , of the spaces between points marked on insulated boulders on the glacier ; or ...
... measures as the only basis of accurate induction . I pointed out , also , the several experiments of a critical kind ... measurement , at successive periods , of the spaces between points marked on insulated boulders on the glacier ; or ...
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... measurement of the distance of blocks upon its surface from a fixed point , from one year to another , has marked ... measure the glacier motion , not only from day to day , but from hour to hour ; so that I can tell nearly what o ...
... measurement of the distance of blocks upon its surface from a fixed point , from one year to another , has marked ... measure the glacier motion , not only from day to day , but from hour to hour ; so that I can tell nearly what o ...
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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