The Glaciers of the Alps. John Tyndall

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       John Tyndall

      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

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066237974

Table of Contents

       PART I.

       PART II.

       ILLUSTRATIONS.

       PART I. CHIEFLY NARRATIVE.

       INTRODUCTORY. (1.)

       EXPEDITION OF 1856. THE OBERLAND. (2.)

       THE TYROL. (3.)

       EXPEDITION OF 1857. THE LAKE OF GENEVA. (4.)

       CHAMOUNI AND THE MONTANVERT. (5.)

       THE MER DE GLACE. (6.)

       (7.)

       (8.)

       THE JARDIN. (9.)

       (10.)

       FIRST ASCENT OF MONT BLANC, 1857. (11.)

       (12.)

       EXPEDITION OF 1858. (13.)

       PASSAGE OF THE STRAHLECK. (14.)

       (15.)

       ASCENT OF THE FINSTERAARHORN, 1858. (16.)

       (17.)

       FIRST ASCENT OF MONTE ROSA, 1858. (18.)

       (19.)

       THE GÖRNER GRAT AND THE RIFFELHORN. MAGNETIC PHENOMENA. (20.)

       (21.)

       SECOND ASCENT OF MONTE ROSA, 1858. (22.)

       (23.)

       (24.)

       SECOND ASCENT OF MONT BLANC, 1858. (25.)

       (26.)

       WINTER EXPEDITION TO THE MER DE GLACE, 1859. (27.)

       PART II. CHIEFLY SCIENTIFIC.

       ON LIGHT AND HEAT. (1.)

       (2.)

       (3.)

       ORIGIN OF GLACIERS. (4.)

       (5.)

       COLOUR OF WATER AND ICE. (6.)

       COLOURS OF THE SKY. (7.)

       THE MORAINES. (8.)

       GLACIER MOTION. PRELIMINARY. (9.)

       MOTION OF THE MER DE GLACE. (10.)

       ICE-WALL AT THE TACUL. VELOCITIES OF TOP AND BOTTOM. (11.)

       WINTER MOTION OF THE MER DE GLACE. (12.)

       CAUSE OF GLACIER-MOTION. DE SAUSSURE'S THEORY. (13.)

       RENDU'S THEORY. (14.)

       (15.)

       FORBES'S THEORY. (16.)

       THE CREVASSES. (17.)

       (18.)

       HEAT AND WORK. (19.)

       (20.)