...(Travels, p. 365), where he finally sums up his ideas : — ' My theory of Glacier Motion then is this : A GLACIER is AN IMPERFECT FLUID, OR A viscous BODY,...INCLINATION BY THE MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS.' These, again, may be accepted even now as a nearly complete statement of the physical circumstances...

...finally sums up his ideas :— ' My theory of Glacier Motion then is this : A GLACIER is AN IMPEKFECT FLUID, OR A viscous BODY, WHICH IS URGED DOWN SLOPES...INCLINATION" BY THE MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS.' These, again, may be accepted even now as a nearly complete statement of the physical circumstances...

..." 406. The theory advocated by Professor Forbes " was enunciated by himself in these words : — ' A " 'glacier is an imperfect fluid, or [a] viscous...urged down slopes of [a] certain inclination by the " 'natural [mutual] pressure of its parts.' " " 424. The gist of the Regelation Theory is that " the...

..." 406. The theory advocated by Professor Forbes " was enunciated by himself in these words : — ' A " 'glacier is an imperfect fluid, or [a] viscous...urged down slopes of [a] certain inclination by the " 'natural [mutual] pressure of its parts.' ' " 424. The gist of the Regelation Theory is that " the...

...mortar poured into a sloping trough ; the surface moving faster than the bottom MOTION OK GLACIERS. 315 and the centre faster than the sides. He summed up...glacier is an imperfect fluid, or a viscous body which i» urged down slopes of a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts." This apparent...

...Among these must be taken the theory of Forbes, who looks upon a glacier as an "imperfect fluid or viscous body which is urged down slopes of a certain...inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts." According to this eminent Alpine observer, a glacier is not a crystalline solid, like ice, frozen in...

...theory of the structure of glaciers and demonstrated their principle of motion. " A glacier," he said. " is an imperfect fluid or a viscous body which is urged down slopes at a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts." Glaciers have since been made the subject...

...a spot one calls to mind the theory of glacier motion so succinctly expressed by Professor Forbes. "A glacier is an imperfect fluid, or a viscous body,...inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts." Professor Tyndall publishes another explanation which he calls the pressure theory, resembling, in...

...Professor Forbes, in regard to glaciers, is thus expressed (Travels in the Alps of Savoy, p. 365):—" A glacier is an imperfect fluid, or a viscous body,...inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts.'* Thia theory, in the belief of the present writer, fully satisfies the conditions of the case. It is,...

...Switzerland, on the Nature and Motion <>/ Glaciers, and the formula which lie finally arrived at, that A Glacier is an imperfect fluid, or a viscous body,...certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parish Forbes' chief bias seems to have been towards the science of Geology, to which he made many...