Ice-works, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1896 - 295 pagini |
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Pagina vii
... facts than of describ- ing the facts themselves . As regards these , it appears not seldom to be tacitly assumed that they must have some particular significance , from which it follows , as an almost inevitable result , that the ...
... facts than of describ- ing the facts themselves . As regards these , it appears not seldom to be tacitly assumed that they must have some particular significance , from which it follows , as an almost inevitable result , that the ...
Pagina viii
... facts , namely , by what can be learnt from regions the history of which is practically beyond doubt . With this end in view , I have begun by giving a sketch of some such regions , and then have passed on to describe the phenomena ...
... facts , namely , by what can be learnt from regions the history of which is practically beyond doubt . With this end in view , I have begun by giving a sketch of some such regions , and then have passed on to describe the phenomena ...
Pagina 16
... fact , and the general fresh- ness of the ice - worn surfaces , suggest that no very long time , as geologists reckon , has elapsed since the ice melted from this part of the valley . Below the Handeck Falls , on approaching Guttannen ...
... fact , and the general fresh- ness of the ice - worn surfaces , suggest that no very long time , as geologists reckon , has elapsed since the ice melted from this part of the valley . Below the Handeck Falls , on approaching Guttannen ...
Pagina 17
... fact beyond question . On the western side of the Kirchet lies the level delta of the Lake of Brienz , over the site of which , as will presently be seen , the great ice - stream formerly passed on to the lowlands in the same general ...
... fact beyond question . On the western side of the Kirchet lies the level delta of the Lake of Brienz , over the site of which , as will presently be seen , the great ice - stream formerly passed on to the lowlands in the same general ...
Pagina 18
... facts as to the distribution of these blocks will be found in Professor A. Favre's well - known work , Recherches géologiques dans les Parties de la Savoie . . . voisines du Mont Blanc , chap . vi . Neuchâtel , many erratics are ...
... facts as to the distribution of these blocks will be found in Professor A. Favre's well - known work , Recherches géologiques dans les Parties de la Savoie . . . voisines du Mont Blanc , chap . vi . Neuchâtel , many erratics are ...
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