April, 1874.


[CONTENTS.]

Cloud-banner of the Aiguille du Dru[Frontispiece]
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§ 1,2. Clouds, Rains, and Rivers[1], [6]
3.The Waves of Light[8]
4.The Waves of Heat which produce the Vapour of our Atmosphere and melt our Glaciers[11]
5.Experiments to prove the foregoing statements[14]
6.Oceanic Distillation[19]
7.Tropical Rains[23]
8.Mountain Condensers[27]
9.Architecture of Snow[29]
10.Atomic Poles[32]
11.Architecture of Lake Ice[35]
12.The Source of the Arveiron. Ice Pinnacles, Towers, and Chasms of the Glacier des Bois. Passage to the Montanvert[38]
13.The Mer de Glace and its Sources. Our First Climb to the Cleft Station[43]
14.Ice-cascade and Snows of the Col du Géant[46]
15.Questioning the Glaciers[48]
16.Branches and Medial Moraines of the Mer de Glace from the Cleft Station[51]
17.The Talèfre and the Jardin. Work among the Crevasses[52]
18.First Questions regarding Glacier Motion. Drifting of Bodies buried in a Crevasse[54]
19.The Motion of Glaciers. Measurements by Hugi and Agassiz. Drifting of Huts on the Ice [69]
20.Precise Measurements of Agassiz and Forbes. Motion of a Glacier proved to resemble the Motion of a River[60]
21.The Theodolite and its Use. Our own Measurements[62]
22.Motion of the Mer de Glace[66]
23.Unequal Motion of the two Sides of the Mer de Glace[70]
24.Suggestion of a new Likeness of Glacier Motion to River Motion. Conjecture tested[72]
25.New Law of Glacier Motion[76]
26.Motion of Axis of Mer de Glace[78]
27.Motion of Tributary Glaciers[79]
28.Motion of Top and Bottom of Glacier[80]
29.Lateral Compression of a Glacier[81]
30.Longitudinal Compression of a Glacier[84]
31.Sliding and Flowing. Hard Ice and Soft Ice[86]
32.Winter on the Mer de Glace[88]
33.Winter Motion of the Mer de Glace[93]
34.Motion of the Grindelwald and Aletsch Glacier[93]
35.Motion of Morteratsch Glacier[95]
36.Birth of a Crevasse: Reflections[98]
37.Icicles[99]
38.The Bergschrund[102]
39.Transverse Crevasses[103]
40.Marginal Crevasses[105]
41.Longitudinal Crevasses[109]
42.Crevasses in relation to Curvature of Glacier[110]
43.Moraine-ridges, Glacier Tables, and Sand-Cones[112]
44.The Glacier Mills or Moulins[116]
45.The Changes of Volume of Water by Heat and Cold[118]
46.Consequences flowing from the foregoing Properties of Water. Correction of Errors[122]
47.The Molecular Mechanism of Water-Congelation [125]
48.The Dirt Bands of the Mer de Glace[127]
49.Sea-ice and Icebergs[132]
50.The Æggischhorn, the Märgelin See and its Icebergs[136]
51.The Bel Alp[139]
52.The Riffelberg and Görner Glacier[140]
53.Ancient Glaciers of Switzerland[145]
54.Erratic Blocks[147]
55.Ancient Glaciers of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales[150]
56.The Glacier Epoch[152]
57.Glacial Theories[155]
58.Dilatation and Sliding Theories[155]
59.Plastic Theory[156]
60.Viscous Theory[161]
61.Regelation Theory[163]
62.Cause of Regelation[167]
63.Faraday's View of Regelation[171]
64.The Blue Veins of Glaciers[176]
65.Relation of Structure to Pressure[183]
66.Slate Cleavage and Glacier Lamination[187]
67.Conclusion[191]

CLOUD-BANNER OF THE AIGUILLE DU DRU (par. [84] and [227]).