The Glaciers of the Alps
John Tyndall, Irish scientific (1820-1893)
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Table of Contents
- About This Book
- Dedicaton
- Preface
- Prefatory Note
- Part I. Chiefly Narrative
- Chapter I. Introductory
- Chapter Ii. Expedition Of 1856
- Chapter Iii. The Tyrol 1856
- Chapter Iv
- Chapter V
- Chapter Vi. The Mer De Glace
- Chapter Vii
- Chapter Viii
- Chapter Ix. The Jardin
- Chapter X. Round Hailstones
- Chapter Xi. Scene From The Charmoz
- Chapter Xii. Happy Evenings
- Expedition Of 1858
- Chapter Xiii. Doubts Regarding Structure
- Passage Of The Strahleck
- Chapter Xiv. A Gloomy Prospect
- Chapter Xv. Ancient Glacier Action
- Ascent Of The Finsteraarhorn, 1858
- Chapter Xvi. My Guide
- Chapter Xvii. A Rotating Iceberg
- First Ascent Of Monte Rosa, 1858
- Chapter Xvii. The Riffelberg
- Chapter Xix
- Chapter Xx. The Görner Grat And The Riffelhorn
- Chapter Xxi. Mont Cervin As Cloud-maker
- Second Ascent Of Monte Rosa, 1858
- Chapter Xxii. A Light Scrip
- Chapter Xxiii
- Chapter Xxiv. Climbers And Science
- Second Ascent Of Mont Blanc, 1858
- Chapter Xxv. Shadows Of The Aiguilles
- Chapter Xxvi. Procès-verbal
- Chapter Xxvii. Winter Expedition To The Mer De Glace
- Part Ii. Chiefly Scientific
- Chapter I. On Light And Heat
- Chapter Ii. Radiant Heat
- Chapter Iii. Heat A Kind Of Motion
- Origin Of Glaciers
- Chapter Iv. The Snow-line
- Chapter V. White And Blue Ice
- Chapter Vi. Colour Of Water And Ice
- Chapter Vii. Colours Of The Sky
- Chapter Viii. The Moraines
- Glacier Motion
- Chapter Ix. Névé And Glacier
- Chapter X. Motion Of The Mer De Glace
- Chapter Xi. Ice-wall At The Tacul
- Chapter Xii. Winter Motion Of The Mer De Glace
- Chapter Xiii. Cause Of Glacier-motion
- Chapter Xiv. Rendu's Theory
- Chapter Xv
- Chapter Xvi. Forbes's Theory
- The Crevasses
- Chapter Xvi. Crevasses Caused By The Motion
- Chapter Xvii
- Heat And Work
- Chapter Xviii. Connexion Of Natural Forces
- Chapter Xix
- Chapter Xx. Thomson's Theory
- Chapter Xxi. The Pressure-theory Of Glacier-motion
- Chapter Xxii. Regelation
- Chapter Xxiii. Crystallization And Internal Liquefaction
- Chapter Xxiv. The Moulins
- Chapter Xxv. Dirt-bands Of The Mer De Glace
- Chapter Xxvi. The Veined Structure Of Glaciers
- Chapter Xxvii. The Veined Structure And The Differential Motion
- Chapter Xxviii. The Ripple-theory Of The Veined Structure
- Chapter Xxix. The Veined Structure And Pressure
- Chapter Xxx. The Veined Structure And The Liquefaction Of Ice By Pressure
- Chapter Xxxi. General Appearance Of White Ice-seams
- Chapter Xxxii. Compression Of Glacier Du Géant
