The Glaciers of the Alps / Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related

BEING A NARRATIVE OF EXCURSIONS AND ASCENTS,
AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND PHENOMENA OF GLACIERS,
AND AN EXPOSITION OF THE PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES TO WHICH THEY ARE RELATED.
BY JOHN TYNDALL, F.R.S.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
NEW EDITION.
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOMBAY. 1896.
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TO MICHAEL FARADAY, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.
1860.

In the following work I have not attempted to mix Narrative and Science, believing that the mind once interested in the one, cannot with satisfaction pass abruptly to the other. The book is therefore divided into Two Parts: the first chiefly narrative, and the second chiefly scientific.