...and through valleys they move like rivers. ' Between the Mer de Glace and a river,' writes Rendu, ' there is a resemblance so complete that it is impossible to find in the latter a circumstance which does not exist in the former.' A cork when cast upon a stream, near its...

...very rational conclusion : That the glacier and the river are in effect the same ; that between them there is a resemblance so complete that it is impossible to find in the latter a circumstance which does not exist in the former ; and as the river drains the waters which...

...very rational conclusion: That the glacier and the river are in effect the same; that between them there is a resemblance so complete that it is impossible to find in the latter a circumstance which does not exist in the former; and as the river drains the waters which...

...retained by the friction against its rocky walls." M. Rendu also remarks that " between the Mer do Glace and a river there is a resemblance so complete that it is impossible to find in the latter a circumstance which docs not exist in the former — the friction of the bottom, that of the...

...would each draw false conclusions. Nor is this all— there is between the Glacier des Bois and a river a resemblance so complete that it is impossible to...does not exist in the river. In currents of water the velocity is not uniform throughout their width nor throughout their depth ; the friction of the bottom,...

...each draw false conclusions. Nor is this all — there is between the Glacier des Bois and a river a resemblance so complete that it is impossible to...does not exist in the river. In currents of water the velocity is not uniform throughout their width nor throughout their depth ; the friction of the bottom,...

...seen the work of Bordier ; probably not, as he never mentions it. Let me quote for you some of Rendu's expressions, which, however, fail to give an adequate...local hindrances, causes the motion to vary, and only toward the middle of the surface do we obtain the full motion.' " This reads like a prediction of what...

...very rational conclusion : that the glacier and the river are in effect the same ; that between them there is a resemblance so complete that it is impossible to find in the latter a circumstance which does not exist in the former ; and as the river drains the waters which...

...topography. Another difficulty may be caused by accepting Rendu's wholesale definition too literally. He says that " it is impossible to find in the glacier a circumstance which does not exist in the river." The transportation of material is done in a very different manner, the plasticity of the ice pushing...

...topogrnplry. Another difficulty may be caused by accepting Rendu's wholesale definition too literally. He says that "it is impossible to find in the glacier a circumstance which does not exist in the river." The transportation of material is done in a very different manner, the plasticity of the ice pushing...