The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Vol. XLIX: April-October 1850Various
Science
The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Vol. XLIX: April-October 1850
Various
Science -- Periodicals
Glacialists and Antiglacialists.--Erratic basins
of Switzerland.--Similar phenomena observed in
other parts of Europe.--Points necessary to be
settled; first, the relation in time and
character between the Northern and the Alpine
erratics.--Traced in North America.---Not yet
settled whether any local centres of distribution
in America; but the general cause must have acted
in all parts simultaneously. This action ceased
at 35° north latitude; this incompatible with the
notion of currents.--In both hemispheres a direct
reference to the Polar Regions. Difficulty as to
so extensive formation of Ice, removed;
difficulties on the theory of Currents, the
effects contrary to experience of
Water-Action.--Erratic phenomena of Lake
Superior.--The Iceberg theory.--Description of
appearances at Lake Superior.--Drift: contains
mud, and is without fossils.--Example of
juxtaposition of stratified and unstratified
Drift, at Cambridge.--Date of these phenomena not
fully determined, but doubtless simultaneous all
over the Globe.--The various periods and kinds of
Drift distinguished.--Accompanied by change of
level in the Continent, 97-98
VIII. Description of the Marine Telescope. By JOHN ADIE,
F.R.S.E., F.R.S.S.A. Communicated by the Author, 117
IX. Experimental Investigations to Discover the Cause of
the Change which takes place in the Standard Points
of Thermometers. By JOHN ADIE, F.R.S.E., F.R.S.S.A.
Communicated by the Author, 122
X. Observations on the Discovery, by Professor Lepsius,
of Sculptured Marks on Rocks in the Nile Valley in
Nubia; indicating that, within the historical
period, the river had flowed at a higher level than
has been known in Modern Times. By LEONARD HORNER,
Esq., F.R.S.S. L. & E., F.G.S., &c. Communicated by
the Author. With a Plate, 126
XI. On the Salmon Tribe (Salmonidæ); their Classification,
Geographical Distribution, &c., 144
XII. Results of Observations made by the Rev. F. FALLOWS,
at the Cape of Good Hope, in the years 1849-30-31.
Produced under the superintendence of G. B. Airy,
Esq., Astronomer Royal, 148
XIII. Discovery of the Great Lake "Ngami" of South
Africa, 150
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