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 RelatedTicknor and Fields, 1861 - 446 pages |
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afterwards Agassiz Aiguille Aiguille du Dru Aiguille Verte Aletsch Glacier Alps appeared ascended atmosphere avalanche Balmat beams beauty blue Breithorn cascade centre Chamouni chasms clouds Col du Géant colour commenced crags crevasses crossed débris deep descended distance edge experiments fact fall feet Finsteraarhorn fissures formed frozen Glace Glacier du Géant Grande Jorasse Grindelwald height Hirst inches latter Lauener Léchaud length light liquid looked lower Lyskamm magnetic mass measurements melting Mer de Glace Mont Blanc Montanvert Monte Rosa moraines motion mountain névé oblique observed particles pass portion precipice pressure produced Professor Forbes radiant heat rays reached regarding Rendu Rhone glacier ridge rock round seen séracs Simond slope snow snow-line sometimes sound stake steep stood structure summit supposed surface Tacul Talèfre temperature theodolite theory thick tion Trélaporte valley veins velocity viscous waves yards