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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... month of September ... Collapse of the Walls of the Cre- vasses .... Moulins .... Veined Structure .... Direction of the Crevasses ... Both Veined Structure and Crevasses renewed from time to time ... The Motion of a Glacier resembles ...
... month of September ... Collapse of the Walls of the Cre- vasses .... Moulins .... Veined Structure .... Direction of the Crevasses ... Both Veined Structure and Crevasses renewed from time to time ... The Motion of a Glacier resembles ...
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... month to month ; still less has any one been able to state , with precision , whether the glacier moves by starts and irregularly ( as we should certainly expect on the sliding theory ) , or uniformly and evenly ; and if so , whether it ...
... month to month ; still less has any one been able to state , with precision , whether the glacier moves by starts and irregularly ( as we should certainly expect on the sliding theory ) , or uniformly and evenly ; and if so , whether it ...
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... month of September- Collapse of the Walls of the Crevasses - Moulins - Veined Structure - Direction of the Crevasses - Both Veined Structure and Crevasses renewed from time to time -- The Motion of a Glacier resembles that of a Viscid ...
... month of September- Collapse of the Walls of the Crevasses - Moulins - Veined Structure - Direction of the Crevasses - Both Veined Structure and Crevasses renewed from time to time -- The Motion of a Glacier resembles that of a Viscid ...
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... months during which I have studied it , are so great and remarkable , and in some respects so unexpected , as to be of capital importance in any theory which may be proposed . I was very greatly struck with the change in the general ...
... months during which I have studied it , are so great and remarkable , and in some respects so unexpected , as to be of capital importance in any theory which may be proposed . I was very greatly struck with the change in the general ...
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... months of June and July ; and , in the beginning of August , the glacier is most difficult to traverse ( generally speaking ) , owing to the multitude and sharpness of these cracks ; but later , the prolonged sunshine and autumnal rains ...
... months of June and July ; and , in the beginning of August , the glacier is most difficult to traverse ( generally speaking ) , owing to the multitude and sharpness of these cracks ; but later , the prolonged sunshine and autumnal rains ...
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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