The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & GlaciersH.S. King & Company, 1873 - 192 páginas |
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... , the present surface lying far below . The visible and continual breaking away of the moraines , left thus stranded on the mountain flank , explains the absence of ancient ridges on 累 E the mountains where the slopes are steep . The ice.
... , the present surface lying far below . The visible and continual breaking away of the moraines , left thus stranded on the mountain flank , explains the absence of ancient ridges on 累 E the mountains where the slopes are steep . The ice.
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John Tyndall. the mountains where the slopes are steep . The ice - cas- cade of the Géant has suffered much from the general waste . Its crevasses are still wild , but the ice - cliffs and séracs of former days are but poorly represented ...
John Tyndall. the mountains where the slopes are steep . The ice - cas- cade of the Géant has suffered much from the general waste . Its crevasses are still wild , but the ice - cliffs and séracs of former days are but poorly represented ...
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... slope of the mountain . In some places this river was more than sixty yards wide , at others it was con- tracted to less than one - fifth of this width . Broken cascades of great height were formed here and there by successive ledges of ...
... slope of the mountain . In some places this river was more than sixty yards wide , at others it was con- tracted to less than one - fifth of this width . Broken cascades of great height were formed here and there by successive ledges of ...
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... slopes of the Alps . But in England they are also to be seen , and no words of mine could convey so vivid an impression of their beauty as the annexed drawings of a few of them , executed at Greenwich by Mr. Glaisher . 90. It is worth ...
... slopes of the Alps . But in England they are also to be seen , and no words of mine could convey so vivid an impression of their beauty as the annexed drawings of a few of them , executed at Greenwich by Mr. Glaisher . 90. It is worth ...
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... . 107. We now turn to the left and ascend the slope beside the glacier . As we ascend we get a better view , and find that the ice here fills a narrow valley . We come upon another singular ridge , not of fresh débris.
... . 107. We now turn to the left and ascend the slope beside the glacier . As we ascend we get a better view , and find that the ice here fills a narrow valley . We come upon another singular ridge , not of fresh débris.
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