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 RelatedLongmans, Green, 1906 - 445 pages |
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afterwards Agassiz Aiguille Aiguille du Dru Aiguille Verte Aletsch glacier Alps appeared ascended atmosphere avalanche Balmat bâton beams beauty blue Breithorn cascade cause centre Chamouni chasms cleavage clouds Col du Géant colour crevasses crossed crystal débris descended direction dirt-bands distance edge effect experiment fact fall feet Finsteraarhorn fissures force formed Glace Glacier du Géant Grande Jorasse Grindelwald inches latter Lauener layer Léchaud length light liquid Lyskamm magnetic mass measurements melting Mer de Glace Mont Blanc Montanvert Monte Rosa moraines motion mountain moved névé oblique observed particles pass portion precipice pressure produced Professor Forbes rays reached referred regarding Rendu Rhone glacier ridges ripples rock round séracs side Simond slope snow sound squeezed stake steep stood summit supposed surface Tacul Talèfre temperature theodolite theory tion transverse Trélaporte tributaries undulations valley veined structure velocity waves yards