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... directions , discharging their surplus ice as bergs , which float away and cumber the waters with their presence in many distant places . The island of Spitzbergen , in latitude 76 ° to 81 ° , is favourably situated for the production ...
... directions , discharging their surplus ice as bergs , which float away and cumber the waters with their presence in many distant places . The island of Spitzbergen , in latitude 76 ° to 81 ° , is favourably situated for the production ...
Pagina 35
... direction . It has been proved that , ascending its extreme verge , where it has spread like a lava - stream over the lower ground in front of it , the irregularities are chiefly met with up to a height of 2,000 feet , but the distance ...
... direction . It has been proved that , ascending its extreme verge , where it has spread like a lava - stream over the lower ground in front of it , the irregularities are chiefly met with up to a height of 2,000 feet , but the distance ...
Pagina 40
... direction towards Christianshaab . They soon reached a height of 7,000 feet , and were compelled by severe northerly storms to diverge from their course , taking a direction more to the west . The greatest height attained was 9,500 feet ...
... direction towards Christianshaab . They soon reached a height of 7,000 feet , and were compelled by severe northerly storms to diverge from their course , taking a direction more to the west . The greatest height attained was 9,500 feet ...
Pagina 57
... direction of their current . In attribut- ing the transportation of a boulder to glacial ice , it is necessary , therefore , to examine the contour of the coun- try , so as to eliminate from the problem the possibility of the effects ...
... direction of their current . In attribut- ing the transportation of a boulder to glacial ice , it is necessary , therefore , to examine the contour of the coun- try , so as to eliminate from the problem the possibility of the effects ...
Pagina 59
... direction of Geneva . But , instead , the boulders derived from C , D , and E , on the Bernese Oberland side , instead of crossing the valley at B , continue to keep on the right - hand side and are dis- tributed over the main valley in ...
... direction of Geneva . But , instead , the boulders derived from C , D , and E , on the Bernese Oberland side , instead of crossing the valley at B , continue to keep on the right - hand side and are dis- tributed over the main valley in ...
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