The Forms of Water in Clouds and Rivers, Ice, and Glaciers

John Tyndall

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139097093

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John Tyndall

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: May 2012
Print publication year:: 2011
First published in:: 1872
Online ISBN:: 9781139097093
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139097093

Subjects:: Atmospheric Science and Meteorology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Water Resources, Earth and Environmental Science: General Interest
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science

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John Tyndall (1820–93) was an Irish physicist who became fascinated by mountaineering after a scientific expedition to Switzerland in 1856. He traversed the summit of the Matterhorn in 1868 and climbed Mount Blanc three times. Alongside this love of mountains was a scientific interest in glaciers and ice formations. Tyndall was also well-regarded for his ability to communicate with the public about science. Many of his books, such as this one, published in 1872 as part of the International Scientific Series, are aimed at the general reader. Tyndall uses this work to explain many aspects of water, beginning with cloud formation and rain before moving on to ice, snow and glaciers. He also discusses the principles behind phenomena ranging from tropical rains to glacial movement. Illustrated and organised into 493 different points under themed headings, this book gives clear explanations of the complexity of the earth's water system.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

§ 1 - Clouds, Rains, and Rivers
pp 1-6

§ 2 - Clouds, Rains, and Rivers
pp 6-7

§ 3 - The Waves of Light
pp 8-11

§ 4 - The Waves of Heat which produce the Vapour of our Atmosphere and melt our Glaciers
pp 11-14

§ 5 - Experiments to prove the foregoing statements
pp 14-19

§ 6 - Oceanic Distillation
pp 19-23

§ 7 - Tropical Rains
pp 23-27

§ 8 - Mountain Condensers
pp 27-29

§ 9 - Architecture of Snow
pp 29-32

§ 10 - Atomic Poles
pp 32-34

§ 11 - Architecture of Lake Ice
pp 35-37

§ 12 - The Source of the Arveiron. Ice Pinnacles, Towers, and Chasms of the Glacier des Bois. Passage to the Montanvert
pp 38-43

§ 13 - The Mer de Glace and its Sources. Our First Climb to the Cleft Station
pp 43-45

§ 14 - Ice-cascade and Snows of the Col du Géant
pp 46-47

§ 15 - Questioning the Glaciers
pp 48-50

§ 16 - Branches and Medial Moraines of the Mer de Glace from the Cleft Station
pp 51-52

§ 17 - The Talèfre and the Jardin. Work among the Crevasses
pp 52-54

§ 18 - First Questions regarding Glacier Motion. Drifting of Bodies buried in a Crevasse
pp 54-59

§ 19 - The Motion of Glaciers. Measurements by Htigi and Agassiz. Drifting of Huts on the Ice
pp 59-60

§ 20 - Precise Measurements of Agassiz and Forbes. Motion of a Glacier proved to resemble the Motion of a River
pp 60-62

§ 21 - The Theodolite and its Use. Our own Measurements
pp 62-66

§ 22 - Motion of the Mer de Glace
pp 66-70

§ 23 - Unequal Motion of the two Sides of the Mer de Glace
pp 70-71

§ 24 - Suggestion of a new Likeness of Glacier Motion to River Motion. Conjecture tested
pp 72-76

§ 25 - New Law of Glacier Motion
pp 76-78

§ 26 - Motion of Axis of Mer de Glace
pp 78-79

§ 27 - Motion of Tributary Glaciers
pp 79-80

§ 28 - Motion of Top and Bottom of Glacier
pp 80-81

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