The Glaciers of the Alps: Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related — John Shaqi
The Glaciers of the Alps: Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are relatedTyndall, John
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The Glaciers of the Alps: Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related
Tyndall, John
Alps -- Description and travel; Glaciers -- Alps
Faraday's first experiments; Freezing together of pieces of
ice at 32 deg.; Freezing in Hot Water; Faraday's recent
experiments; Regelation not due to Pressure nor to Capillary
Attraction; it takes place in vacuo; fracture and
regelation; no viscidity discovered
24.--Crystallization and Internal Liquefaction. 353
How crystals are 'nursed;' Snow-Crystals; Crystal Stars
formed in Water; Arrangement of Atoms of Lake Ice;
dissection of ice by a sunbeam; Liquid Flowers formed in
ice; associated Vacuous Spots; curious sounds; their
explanation; Cohesion of water when free from air; liquid
snaps like a broken spring; Ebullition converted into
Explosion; noise of crepitation; Water-cells in glacier ice;
Vacuous Spots mistaken for Bubbles; not Flattened by
Pressure; experiments; Cause of Regelation
25.--The Moulins. 362
Their character; Depth of Moulin on Grindelwald Glacier;
Explanation the Grand Moulin of the Mer de Glace; Motion of
moulins
26.--Dirt-Bands of the Mer de Glace. 367
Their discovery by Professor Forbes; view of Bands from a
point near the Flegere; Bands as seen from Les Charmoz; Skew
Surface of glacier; aspect of Bands from the Cleft Station;
Origin of bands; tendency to become straight; differences
between observers
27.--Veined Structure of Glaciers. 376
General appearance; Grooves upon the glacier; first
observations; description by M. Guyot; observations of
Professor Forbes; Structure and Stratification; subject
examined; Marginal Structure; Transverse Structure;
Longitudinal Structure; experimental illustrations; the
Structure Complementary to the Crevasses; glaciers of the
Oberland, Valais, and Savoy examined with reference to this
question
28.--The Veined Structure and Differential Motion. 395
Marginal Structure Oblique to sides; Drag towards the
centre; difficulties of theory which ascribes the structure
to Differential Sliding; it persists _across_ the lines of
maximum sliding
29.--The Ripple Theory of the Veined Structure. 398
Ripples in Water supposed to correspond to Glacier
Structure; analysis of theory; observation of the MM. Weber;
water dropping from an oar; stream cleft by an obstacle; Two
Divergent lines of Ripple; Single Line produced by Lateral
Obstacle; Direction of ripples compounded of River's motion
and Wave motion; Structure and Ripples due to different
causes; their positions also different
30.--The Veined Structure and Pressure. 404
Supposed case of pressed prism of glass; Experiments of
Nature; Quartz-pebbles flattened and indented; Pressure
would produce Lamination; Tangential Action
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