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THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS.
PREFACE.
PREFATORY NOTE.
CONTENTS.
PART I.
PART II.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PART I. CHIEFLY NARRATIVE.
INTRODUCTORY. (1.)
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EXPEDITION OF 1856. THE OBERLAND. (2.)
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THE TYROL. (3.)
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EXPEDITION OF 1857. THE LAKE OF GENEVA. (4.)
CHAMOUNI AND THE MONTANVERT. (5.)
THE MER DE GLACE. (6.)
(7.)
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(8.)
THE JARDIN. (9.)
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(10.)
FIRST ASCENT OF MONT BLANC, 1857. (11.)
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(12.)
EXPEDITION OF 1858. (13.)
PASSAGE OF THE STRAHLECK. (14.)
(15.)
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ASCENT OF THE FINSTERAARHORN, 1858. (16.)
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(17.)
FIRST ASCENT OF MONTE ROSA, 1858. (18.)
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(19.)
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THE GÖRNER GRAT AND THE RIFFELHORN. MAGNETIC PHENOMENA. (20.)
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(21.)
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SECOND ASCENT OF MONTE ROSA, 1858. (22.)
(23.)
(24.)
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SECOND ASCENT OF MONT BLANC, 1858. (25.)
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(26.)
WINTER EXPEDITION TO THE MER DE GLACE, 1859. (27.)
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PART II. CHIEFLY SCIENTIFIC.
ON LIGHT AND HEAT. (1.)
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(2.)
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(3.)
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ORIGIN OF GLACIERS. (4.)
(5.)
COLOUR OF WATER AND ICE. (6.)
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COLOURS OF THE SKY. (7.)
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THE MORAINES. (8.)
GLACIER MOTION. PRELIMINARY. (9.)
MOTION OF THE MER DE GLACE. (10.)
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ICE-WALL AT THE TACUL. VELOCITIES OF TOP AND BOTTOM. (11.)
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WINTER MOTION OF THE MER DE GLACE. (12.)
CAUSE OF GLACIER-MOTION. DE SAUSSURE'S THEORY. (13.)
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RENDU'S THEORY. (14.)
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(15.)
FORBES'S THEORY. (16.)
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THE CREVASSES. (17.)
(18.)
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HEAT AND WORK. (19.)
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(20.)
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THOMSON'S THEORY. (21.)
THE PRESSURE-THEORY OF GLACIER-MOTION. (22.)
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REGELATION. (23.)
CRYSTALLIZATION AND INTERNAL LIQUEFACTION. (24.)
THE MOULINS. (25.)
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DIRT-BANDS OF THE MER DE GLACE. (26.)
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THE VEINED STRUCTURE OF GLACIERS. (27.)
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THE VEINED STRUCTURE AND THE DIFFERENTIAL MOTION. (28.)
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THE RIPPLE-THEORY OF THE VEINED STRUCTURE. (29.)
THE VEINED STRUCTURE AND PRESSURE. (30.)
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THE VEINED STRUCTURE AND THE LIQUEFACTION OF ICE BY PRESSURE. (31.)
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WHITE ICE-SEAMS IN THE GLACIER DU GÉANT. (32.)
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(33.)
PARTIAL SUMMARY.
APPENDIX.
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INDEX.
WORKS by JOHN TYNDALL.
Transcriber's Notes.
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