The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & Glaciers

H.S. King & Company, 1873 - 192 páginas

1 2 Clouds Rains and Rivers 1	1

The Waves of Light	8

The Waves of Heat which produce the Vapour of our Atmosphere and melt our Glaciers	11

Experiments to prove the foregoing statements	14

Oceanic Distillation	19

Tropical Rains	23

Mountain Condensers	27

Architecture of Snow	29

Moraineridges Glacier Tables and Sand Cones	112

The Changes of Volume of Water by Heat and Cold	118

Consequences flowing from the foregoing Properties of Water Correction of Errors	122

The Molecular Mechanism of WaterCongelation	125

The Dirt Bands of the Mer de Glace	127

Seaice and Icebergs	132

The Æggischhorn the Märgelin See and its Icebergs	136

The Bel Alp	139

Atomic Poles	32

Architecture of Lake Ice	35

The Source of the Arveiron Ice Pinnacles Towers and Chasms of the Glacier des Bois Passage to the Montanvert	38

The Mer de Glace and its Sources Our First Climb to the Cleft Station	43

Icecascade and Snows of the Col du Géant	46

Questioning the Glaciers	48

Branches and Medial Moraines of the Mer de Glace from the Cleft Station	51

The Talèfre and the Jardin Work among the Crevasses	52

First Questions regarding Glacier Motion Drifting of Bodies buried in a Crevasse	54

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Suggestion of a new Likeness of Glacier Motion to River Motion	72

Motion of Axis of Mer de Glace	78

Longitudinal Compression of a Glacier	84

Winter Motion of the Mer de Glace	93

Icicles	99

Marginal Crevasses	105

The Riffelberg and Görner Glacier	140

Ancient Glaciers of Switzerland	145

Erratic Blocks	147

Ancient Glaciers of England Ireland Scotland and Wales	150

The Glacier Epoch	152

Glacial Theories	155

Plastic Theory	156

Viscous Theory	161

Regelation Theory	163

Cause of Regelation	167

Faradays View of Regelation	171

The Blue Veins of Glaciers 9	176

Relation of Structure to Pressure	183

Slate Cleavage and Glacier Lamination	187

Conclusion	191

Título	The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & Glaciers Volumen1 de International scientific series [London ed.]
Autor	John Tyndall
Edición	3
Editor	H.S. King & Company, 1873
Largo	192 páginas

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