James D. Forbes, John Tyndall

Illustrations of the Viscous Theory of Glacier Motion

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Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together works on glaciology published between 1846 and 1859 by physicists James D. Forbes and John Tyndall.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 414g
• ISBN-13: 9781108075282
• ISBN-10: 1108075282
• Artikelnr.: 42023578

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Containing Experiments on the Flow of Plastic Bodies, and
Observations on the Phenomena of Lava Streams: 1. Plastic models; 2.
Analogy of glaciers to lava streams James D. Forbes; Part II. An Attempt to
Establish by Observation the Plasticity of Glacier Ice: 3. De Saussure's
theory; 4. Modifications of De Saussure's theory; 5. Experiments at
Chamouni on the plasticity of ice James D. Forbes; Part III: 6. On the
motion of glaciers of the second order; 7. On the annual motion of
glaciers, and on the influence of seasons; 8. Summary of the evidence
adduced in favour of the theory James D. Forbes; Part IV. On the Physical
Phenomena of Glaciers: 9. Observations on the Mer de Glace (1858) John
Tyndall; 10. On the veined structure of glaciers, with observations upon
white ice-seams, air-bubbles and dirt-bands, and remarks upon glacier
theories (1859) John Tyndall; 11. On the structure and motion of glaciers
(1857) John Tyndall and Thomas H. Huxley.