THEORY

OF THE

GLACIERS OF SAVOY.

(MÉM. DE LA SOCIÉTÉ ACADÉMIQUE DE SAVOIE, X. 95, 1841).

TRANSLATED BY

ALFRED WILLS, Q. C.

Late President of the Alpine Club.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED THE ORIGINAL MEMOIR; AND SUPPLEMENTARY ARTICLES BY

P. G. TAIT, M.A.,

Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh,

AND

JOHN RUSKIN, D.C.L.,

Professor of Fine Arts in the University of Oxford.

EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, BY
GEORGE FORBES, B.A.,

Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Andersonian University, Glasgow.

London:

MACMILLAN AND CO.

GLASGOW:

PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

[Reprint of the original Title page of M. Rendu's Memoir.]

THEORIE DES GLACIERS

DE LA SAVOIE.

PAR M. LE CHANOINE RENDU,

CHEVALIER DU MÉRITE CIVIL; SECRÉTAIRE PERPÉTUEL DE LA SOCIÉTÉ ROY.
ACADEM. DE SAVOIE.

Benedicite glacies et nives Domino.

DANIEL, Cant. Trium puer.

CHAMBÉRY:

CHEZ PUTHOD, IMPRIMEUR-LIBRAIRE.