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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... Motion of a Glacier resembles that of a Viscid Fluid - Objections to the Dilatation Theory ... What the Cold of Winter may be supposed to accomplish . VI . FIFTH LETTER ON GLACIERS . Addressed to the Right Honourable EARL CATHCART ...
... Motion of a Glacier resembles that of a Viscid Fluid - Objections to the Dilatation Theory ... What the Cold of Winter may be supposed to accomplish . VI . FIFTH LETTER ON GLACIERS . Addressed to the Right Honourable EARL CATHCART ...
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... Motion ... Motion accelerated in Fine Weather - Excess of Central Velocity of the Glacier ... Motion of Glaciers of Second Order , and of Snow Beds . XI . ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE VISCOUS THEORY OF GLACIER MOTION . * - PART I. CONTAINING ...
... Motion ... Motion accelerated in Fine Weather - Excess of Central Velocity of the Glacier ... Motion of Glaciers of Second Order , and of Snow Beds . XI . ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE VISCOUS THEORY OF GLACIER MOTION . * - PART I. CONTAINING ...
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... Motion in Winter , as observed by M. Guicharda ... Observations on the Veined Structure in 1846 , and Experimentum Crucis respecting its Origin , with measurements of the motion of the Ice ... Analogy from the motion of the Rhone . XVI ...
... Motion in Winter , as observed by M. Guicharda ... Observations on the Veined Structure in 1846 , and Experimentum Crucis respecting its Origin , with measurements of the motion of the Ice ... Analogy from the motion of the Rhone . XVI ...
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... motion of glaciers by the measurement of the distance of blocks upon its surface from a fixed point , from one year to another , has marked indubitably the annual progress of the ice . I do not know that any one has attempted to perform ...
... motion of glaciers by the measurement of the distance of blocks upon its surface from a fixed point , from one year to another , has marked indubitably the annual progress of the ice . I do not know that any one has attempted to perform ...
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... motion from 6 P.M. to 6 A.м. was 8.0 inches , · 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. 9.5 ... ... 29th - 30th , ... 6 P.M. to 6 A.M. ... 8.5 ... ... 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. 8.9 ... ... seeming to show a greater motion during the day . 4th . In the particular case ...
... motion from 6 P.M. to 6 A.м. was 8.0 inches , · 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. 9.5 ... ... 29th - 30th , ... 6 P.M. to 6 A.M. ... 8.5 ... ... 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. 8.9 ... ... seeming to show a greater motion during the day . 4th . In the particular case ...
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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