The Forms of Water in Clouds, Rivers, Ice & Glaciers by John Tyndall

Henry S. King & Company, 1873 - 192 páginas

The Motion of Glaciers Measurements by Hugi and Agassiz Drifting of Huts on the	19

Precise Measurements of Agassiz and Forbes Motion of a Glacier proved to resemble the Motion of a River PAGE 59	20

The Theodolite and its Use Our own Measurements	21

Motion of the Mer de Glace	22

Unequal Motion of the two Sides of the Mer de Glace 3238 60 62 66 70	23

Suggestion of a new Likeness of Glacier Motion to River Motion Conjecture tested 72	24

New Law of Glacier Motion 76	25

Motion of Axis of Mer de Glace 78 27 Motion of Tributary Glaciers 79	26

The Molecular Mechanism of WaterCongelation	47

The Dirt Bands of the Mer de Glace	48

Seaice and Icebergs	49

The Æggischhorn the Märgelin See and its Icebergs	50

The Bel	51

The Riffelberg and Görner Glacier	52

Ancient Glaciers of Switzerland	53

Erratic Blocks	54

Motion of Top and Bottom of Glacier 29 Lateral Compression of a Glacier 30 Longitudinal Compression of a Glacier 80 81	27

84	28

Sliding and Flowing Hard Ice and Soft	31

Winter on the Mer de Glace	32

Winter Motion of the Mer de Glace	33

Motion of the Grindelwald and Aletsch Glacier	34

Motion of Morteratsch Glacier	35

Reflections	36

Icicles	37

The Source of the Arveiron Ice Pinnacles Towers and Chasms	38

Transverse Crevasses	39

Marginal Crevasses	40

Longitudinal Crevasses	41

Crevasses in relation to Curvature of Glacier	42

Moraineridges Glacier Tables and Sand Cones	43

The Glacier Mills or Moulins	44

The Changes of Volume of Water by Heat and Cold	45

Icecascade and Snows of the Col du Géant	46

145	55

The Glacier Epoch	56

Glacial Theories	57

Dilatation and Sliding Theories	58

152	61

155	62

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51	139

buried in a Crevasse	147

Plastic Theory	156

Viscous Theory	161

Regelation Theory	163

Cause of Regelation	164

Faradays View of Regelation	171

The Blue Veins of Glaciers	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 by John Tyndall Volumen1 de The international scientific series
Autor	John Tyndall
Colaborador	Biblioteca Provinciale
Edición	3
Editor	Henry S. King & Company, 1873
Procedencia del original	Biblioteca Nacional de Nápoles
Digitalizado	9 Abr. 2014
Largo	192 páginas

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