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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... mentioned , it was not easy for those who desired to know what could be said for the Plastic Theory to obtain an exact acquaint- ance with all that had been urged in its favour , or with the modifications , if any , of the author's ...
... mentioned , it was not easy for those who desired to know what could be said for the Plastic Theory to obtain an exact acquaint- ance with all that had been urged in its favour , or with the modifications , if any , of the author's ...
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... , 1st Edit . , p . 384 ; 2d Edit . , p . 386 . See the limitations mentioned in Travels , pp . 232 , 360 , 372 of both editions . CONSOLIDATION BY FRICTION AND PRESSURE . XX effects of differential XX RECENT PROGRESS OF THE GLACIER THEORY .
... , 1st Edit . , p . 384 ; 2d Edit . , p . 386 . See the limitations mentioned in Travels , pp . 232 , 360 , 372 of both editions . CONSOLIDATION BY FRICTION AND PRESSURE . XX effects of differential XX RECENT PROGRESS OF THE GLACIER THEORY .
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... mentioned above as adopted by me in 1846 , the congelation of water in the crevices of the glacier ceased to be essential to the mechanical explanation of the movement and structure of the ice . The function of the infiltrated water ...
... mentioned above as adopted by me in 1846 , the congelation of water in the crevices of the glacier ceased to be essential to the mechanical explanation of the movement and structure of the ice . The function of the infiltrated water ...
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... mention the " Sum- mary of Evidence , " at p . 168 of this volume , and the observations on plastic bodies in the Fifteenth Letter , as not perhaps generally known . These papers are nicated to the Royal Society of London.
... mention the " Sum- mary of Evidence , " at p . 168 of this volume , and the observations on plastic bodies in the Fifteenth Letter , as not perhaps generally known . These papers are nicated to the Royal Society of London.
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... mention , however , that the glacier of the Rhone , which I have carefully examined , presents a structure in con- formity with the view thus developed . It will be recollected by all who have seen that magnificent mass , that it pours ...
... mention , however , that the glacier of the Rhone , which I have carefully examined , presents a structure in con- formity with the view thus developed . It will be recollected by all who have seen that magnificent mass , that it pours ...
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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