Ice-works, Present and PastK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1896 - 295 pagini |
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... place of the frozen waters , is comparatively level . It lies some two thousand feet below the snowy saddles , and above them the peaks tower up about as high again . Minor tributaries of frozen rivers issue from shallower re- cesses in ...
... place of the frozen waters , is comparatively level . It lies some two thousand feet below the snowy saddles , and above them the peaks tower up about as high again . Minor tributaries of frozen rivers issue from shallower re- cesses in ...
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... Place de la Concorde of Nature , " as it has been not inappropriately termed . One of the most striking prospects of this courtyard of the ice - king's palace is obtained from the Concordia hut , a rude chalet at the base of a rocky ...
... Place de la Concorde of Nature , " as it has been not inappropriately termed . One of the most striking prospects of this courtyard of the ice - king's palace is obtained from the Concordia hut , a rude chalet at the base of a rocky ...
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... places even polished surfaces . The last task , however , has been ill performed , for the smoothed face of the rock is scratched and striated sometimes even rather deeply scored . This also is clearly the handiwork of the ice , and a ...
... places even polished surfaces . The last task , however , has been ill performed , for the smoothed face of the rock is scratched and striated sometimes even rather deeply scored . This also is clearly the handiwork of the ice , and a ...
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... place this fact beyond question . On the western side of the Kirchet lies the level delta of the Lake of Brienz ... places higher up in the valley of the Rhone , one of the commonest rocks being a protogine . This beyond all ALPINE ...
... place this fact beyond question . On the western side of the Kirchet lies the level delta of the Lake of Brienz ... places higher up in the valley of the Rhone , one of the commonest rocks being a protogine . This beyond all ALPINE ...
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... places from 150 to more than 300 feet . Where the ice has rested on 1 To these a fuller reference will be made in a later chapter . In a slope , bare rock has been disclosed , sprinkled ALPINE GLACIERS , PRESENT AND PAST 23.
... places from 150 to more than 300 feet . Where the ice has rested on 1 To these a fuller reference will be made in a later chapter . In a slope , bare rock has been disclosed , sprinkled ALPINE GLACIERS , PRESENT AND PAST 23.
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