The Forms of Water in Clouds and Rivers, Ice and GlaciersTyndall, John
Science
The Forms of Water in Clouds and Rivers, Ice and Glaciers
Tyndall, John
Clouds; Glaciers; Ice; Rivers; Water
17. The Talèfre and the Jardin. Work among the Crevasses 52
18. First Questions regarding Glacier Motion. Drifting of
Bodies buried in a Crevasse 54
19. The Motion of Glaciers. Measurements by Hugi and Agassiz.
Drifting of Huts on the Ice 69
20. Precise Measurements of Agassiz and Forbes. Motion of a
Glacier proved to resemble the Motion of a River 60
21. The Theodolite and its Use. Our own Measurements 62
22. Motion of the Mer de Glace 66
23. Unequal Motion of the two Sides of the Mer de Glace 70
24. Suggestion of a new Likeness of Glacier Motion to River
Motion. Conjecture tested 72
25. New Law of Glacier Motion 76
26. Motion of Axis of Mer de Glace 78
27. Motion of Tributary Glaciers 79
28. Motion of Top and Bottom of Glacier 80
29. Lateral Compression of a Glacier 81
30. Longitudinal Compression of a Glacier 84
31. Sliding and Flowing. Hard Ice and Soft Ice 86
32. Winter on the Mer de Glace 88
33. Winter Motion of the Mer de Glace 93
34. Motion of the Grindelwald and Aletsch Glacier 93
35. Motion of Morteratsch Glacier 95
36. Birth of a Crevasse: Reflections 98
37. Icicles 99
38. The Bergschrund 102
39. Transverse Crevasses 103
40. Marginal Crevasses 105
41. Longitudinal Crevasses 109
42. Crevasses in relation to Curvature of Glacier 110
43. Moraine-ridges, Glacier Tables, and Sand-Cones 112
44. The Glacier Mills or Moulins 116
45. The Changes of Volume of Water by Heat and Cold 118
46. Consequences flowing from the foregoing Properties of
Water. Correction of Errors 122
47. The Molecular Mechanism of Water-Congelation 125
48. The Dirt Bands of the Mer de Glace 127
49. Sea-ice and Icebergs 132
50. The Æggischhorn, the Märgelin See and its Icebergs 136
51. The Bel Alp 139
52. The Riffelberg and Görner Glacier 140
53. Ancient Glaciers of Switzerland 145
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