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... connection with human history . Before speaking of the number and present extent of existing glaciers , it will be profitable , however , to devote a little attention to the definition of terms . B A glacier is a mass of ice so situated ...
... connection with human history . Before speaking of the number and present extent of existing glaciers , it will be profitable , however , to devote a little attention to the definition of terms . B A glacier is a mass of ice so situated ...
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... connected with the “ calv- ing " of a berg . Sometimes this was occasioned by the separation of a comparatively small mass of ice from near the top of the precipitous wall , which would fall into the water below with a loud splash . At ...
... connected with the “ calv- ing " of a berg . Sometimes this was occasioned by the separation of a comparatively small mass of ice from near the top of the precipitous wall , which would fall into the water below with a loud splash . At ...
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... connection with the Muir Glacier . A feature , however , of special interest , pertains to the glacial lakes which are held in place by the glacial ice at an elevation of thousands of feet above the sea . One of considerable size is ...
... connection with the Muir Glacier . A feature , however , of special interest , pertains to the glacial lakes which are held in place by the glacial ice at an elevation of thousands of feet above the sea . One of considerable size is ...
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... connected with surveying and other investigations of the inlets and their environs . It is now proved that the glacier branches which produce the bergs proceed incessantly at a rate of thirty to fifty feet per diem , this movement being ...
... connected with surveying and other investigations of the inlets and their environs . It is now proved that the glacier branches which produce the bergs proceed incessantly at a rate of thirty to fifty feet per diem , this movement being ...
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... connected with mov- ing water , it was naturally suggested to Professor Tyndall that an analogous movement must take place in a glacier . Choosing , therefore , a favourable place for observation on the Mer de Glace where the ice ...
... connected with mov- ing water , it was naturally suggested to Professor Tyndall that an analogous movement must take place in a glacier . Choosing , therefore , a favourable place for observation on the Mer de Glace where the ice ...
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