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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... , MM . Schlagintweit operated at temperatures considerably below the freezing - point , otherwise they could hardly fail to have obtained the same results as Dr. Tyndall . deliberate consideration of the whole of my views respecting it.
... , MM . Schlagintweit operated at temperatures considerably below the freezing - point , otherwise they could hardly fail to have obtained the same results as Dr. Tyndall . deliberate consideration of the whole of my views respecting it.
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... whole : -if it be granted , moreover , that the reconsolidation of the bruised glacial substance into a coherent whole may be effected by pres- sure alone acting upon granular snow or upon ice softened by imminent thaw into a condition ...
... whole : -if it be granted , moreover , that the reconsolidation of the bruised glacial substance into a coherent whole may be effected by pres- sure alone acting upon granular snow or upon ice softened by imminent thaw into a condition ...
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... whole . On only one point of any importance was the original theory , as delivered in the " Travels in the Alps , " subsequently modi- fied . In the earlier of my writings , I attributed the conversion of the powdery névé into the ...
... whole . On only one point of any importance was the original theory , as delivered in the " Travels in the Alps , " subsequently modi- fied . In the earlier of my writings , I attributed the conversion of the powdery névé into the ...
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... whole phenomena of the transformation of the glacier from fresh fallen snow into laminated cohering ice , which constitutes the character of the true glacial substance , even at great depths , were accounted for without the embar ...
... whole phenomena of the transformation of the glacier from fresh fallen snow into laminated cohering ice , which constitutes the character of the true glacial substance , even at great depths , were accounted for without the embar ...
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... whole ice in that state of softness which immediately precedes its dissolution , as well as of conveying hydrostatic pressure ; and the cohesion of ( pp . 90 , 162 ) pointed out a similar accident in lavas . The width of the ...
... whole ice in that state of softness which immediately precedes its dissolution , as well as of conveying hydrostatic pressure ; and the cohesion of ( pp . 90 , 162 ) pointed out a similar accident in lavas . The width of the ...
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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