[INDEX.]
[ [A] ][ [B] ][ [C] ][ [D] ][ [E] ][ [F] ][ [G] ][ [H] ]
[ [I] ][ [J] ][ [K] ][ [L] ][ [M] ][ [N] ][ [O] ][ [P] ]
[ [Q] ][ [R] ][ [S] ][ [T] ][ [U] ][ [V] ][ [W] ]
[A]
Accurate measurements of the motions of glaciers, by Agassiz and Forbes, [60-62].
Æggischhorn, view from the, [137].
Agassiz's measurements, [60];
conclusions, [107];
discovery by, [150];
observations made by, [187].
Aiguille du Dru, pyramid of, [43];
cloud-banner of, [90].
---- des Charmoz, [43];
clouds about, [90].
---- Noire, [51].
---- Verte, height of, [53]
---- du Midi, stone avalanches of, [56].
Air, its expansion, [24];
a chilling process, [25];
experiments illustrating, [25], [26].
Aletsch glacier, [136];
length of, [136];
arm of, [137].
Alpine ice, origin in the sun's heat, [7].
Ancient glaciers of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, [150], [151].
Architecture of snow, [29-34], [91];
of lake-ice, [35], [169].
Arveiron, vault of, [66];
description and cause of, [92].
[B]
Bel Alp, description of the, [139], [140].
Bergschrund, formation of the, [102], [103], [179].
Blue veins of glaciers, [176];
whiteness of snow, [176];
whiteness of ice, [177];
freezing of lake-ice, [177];
explanation of cause of whiteness of glaciers, [178];
translucency converted into transparency, [178];
vertical veins, [179];
structure and bedding on glaciers, [181], [182];
stratification theory, [183];
observations, [187].
Bodies of guides found on Glacier des Bossons, [57], [144].
Boulders, size of, [148], [149].
[C]
Changes of volume resulting from heat and cold, [118-122];
illustrations of, [119], [120];
consequences from, [122];
opinions of Count Rumford, [12], [124].
Chapeau, refreshment at, [41].
Cleavage and glacier lamination, [187];
analogy between, [188], [189];
planes of, [188];
observations of Prof. Sedgwick, [188];
discovery by Daniel Sharp, [188];
additional evidence of Mr. Sorby, [189];
association of pressure and cleavage established, [189]:
relation of cause and effect, [189];
artificial conditions of Nature combined, [189], [190].
Clouds, their formation, [3-6];
in tropical regions, [25];
illustration of the formation of, [26].
Col du Géant, snows and ice-cascade of the, [46], [47];
snow-fall on the plateau of, [48], [49];
cracks on, [179].
Conclusion, [191], [192].
Condensers needed, [154].
Conditions necessary for the production of natural phenomena, [99].
Conscience, scientific, [180].
Crevasses, [41];
work among the, [52];
widening of, [54];
drifting of bodies buried in, [57];
birth of, [98];
features of, [100];
characteristic, [102];
transverse, [103];
stalactites of Alpine, [100];
marginal, [105-107];
longitudinal, [109];
curvature of glacier related to number of, [110-112].
Crystallization of metals, [29];
of sugar, [30];
of saltpetre, [30];
of alum, [30];
of chalk, [30];
of carbon, [30];
reversal of the process of, [36].
[D]
De Saussure's theory of glacier-motion, [156].
Dilatation theory, [155], [156].
Dirt-bands of Mer de Glace, observed by Prof. Forbes, [130];
description and explanation of, [131], [132].
Distillation, oceanic, [18]; ordinary, [21].
Dôme du Goûté, broken crags of, [50].
Drifting of huts on ice, [59], [60].
Dr. William Hopkins's conclusions regarding the obliquity of the lateral crevasses, [107].
[E]
Égralets, passage through the, [53].
Electric light, dark waves of, [14].
Equivalent points, comparison of velocities of, [75], [76], [107].
Erratic blocks, [147-150].
Evaporation, caused by the heat-rays of the sun, [13].
Expansion of water, [121], [155].
Experiments to show the heat-power of the dark rays, [14-19];
illustrative, [22], [23], [25], [20];
Dr. Franklin's experiment, [112].
Extract from Bordier's book, [157], [162].
[F]
Faraday's theory regarding regelation, [171];
special solidifying power exerted by substances upon their own molecules, [172], [173];
opinion of Prof. James Thomson, [174], [175];
experiments illustrating the subject, [174];
quotation from Faraday, [175].
Fog, its formation in ball-rooms, [5].
Forces, of crystallization, [30];
of gravitation, [30];
of Nature, [31];
attractive and repulsive, [127].
Freezing mixture, [120], [168].
[G]
Glacier, the source of the Rhone, [7];
fed by mountain-snow, [7], [21];
melted by the sun's dark rays, [13];
terminal moraines of, [38];
questions regarding motions of, [54-58];
action of the ends of, [58];
motion at top and bottom of, [80], [81];
lateral compression of, [81], [82];
longitudinal compression of, [84], [85];
slow movement in winter of, [87];
motion of Grindelwald, [94];
motion of Great Aletsch, [94];
motion of Morteratsch, [95];
crevasses at the side of, [106];
action, [146], [147];
ice, [155];
veined or ribboned structure of, [178];
blue veins of, [170];
tables, [113], [114];
mills, [116-118];
theory of Scheuchzer regarding, [155];
ancient, [145-147];
impurities thrust out by, [144];
whiteness of a clean, [43], [170];
measurements by Hugi and Agassiz of, [59], [60];
epoch, [152-167].
Glacier des Bois, description of, [38-43].
---- des Bossons, [56];
mass of ice upon, [134].
---- of Aletsch, sand-cones of, [116].
---- des Périades, [51].
---- du Talèfre, boundary of, [53];
width of, [92];
chasms of the, [98].
---- de Léchaud, motion of, [80];
width of, [82];
compression of, [190].
---- du Géant, névé of the, [49];
motion of, [79];
width of, [82];
cracks above the ice-falls of, [119];
honey-combing of, [115];
shortening of, [190].
---- Unteraar, movement of, [61];
appearance of Prof. Forbes on, [161];
measurements by Agassiz on, [162].
---- Görner, sand-cones of, [116];
description of, [140-144];
moraines of, [143];
advance and retreat of, [144];
objects of interest on, [144];
structure and bedding on, [181].
Grand Plateau, crevasse on, [57], [118].
Greenland's icy mountains, [21].
Growth of knowledge, [59].
Guesses in science, [74].
[H]
Harmony of life and its conditions, [125].
Heat, waves of, [12];
invisible, [14];
office of the invisible waves of, [36];
absorption of solar, [100];
demanded for the liquefaction of ice, [131];
latent, [153].
Hoar-frost, [5], [6];
not melted by light-waves, [13], [18].
Hôtel des Neuchâtelois, movements of, at Riffelberg, [141].
[I]
Ice, structure of, [35], [36], [119];
towers of, [104];
sea, [132-134];
retreat of, [145];
development in the Alps of, [150];
freezing of pieces of, [164];
liquefaction by pressure of, [108], [160];
translucent, [177];
difference between hard and soft, [87].
Icebergs, of arctic seas, [133];
described by Sir Leopold McClintock, [133], [134];
drifting of, [134];
origin of, [134];
of Switzerland, [136-138];
colors of, [138];
formation of chains of, [165].
Ice-lens, concentration of sun's rays by means of, [37].
Ice-river through the vale of Hasli, [146].
Icicles, [99];
how produced, [100];
a theory of, [100-102]
Imagination, scientific use of, [34].
Impurities thrust out by glaciers, [144].
Infinite Wisdom, designs of, [124].
[J]
Jardin, description of, [53].
Jungfrau, [136], [137].
[K]
Killarney, luxuriant vegetation of, [27], [151].
[L]
La Grande Jorasse, crests of, [43];
roses of cloud about, [90].
Lake of Geneva, an expansion of the river Rhone, [6].
Latent heat, [153], [167].
Lateral moraines, origin of, [54].
Light, wave-theory of, [10], [11];
inference from the phenomena of, [11];
length of wave of, [12].
Likeness of glacier-motion to river-motion, [72-76].
Liquefaction of ice, [168], [169];
experiment by Mr. Bottomley, [170];
experiment by Mr. Boussingault, [170], [171].
Locus of the point of swiftest motion, [76].
Longitudinal crevasses, how formed, [109];
examples of, [110].
[M]
Magillicuddy's Reeks, [27], [150], [151].
Magnet, poles of, [32];
repelling corners and ends of, [126].
Märgelin See, [138]; icebergs in the, [138].
Marginal crevasses, explanation of, [106-109].
Mauvais Pas, [41].
Measurements of glaciers by Hugi and Agassiz, [59], [60].
Medial moraines, how accounted for, [55].
Mer de Glace, [41];
its sources, [43-45];
view of the, [44];
branching of the, [45];
medial moraines of the, [51], [52];
triangulation of, [62];
motion of, [66], [70];
daily motion of, [67];
unequal motion of the two sides of, [70-72];
motion of axes of, [78];
summer condition of, [87];
winter on, [88-92];
dirt-bands of, [127];
dimensions of, [145];
winter motion of, [93];
greater number of crevasses on eastern side of, [112];
glacier tables of, [113];
grand moulin of, [117], [118];
approximate weight of, [154].
Molecules, of water, [31], [34];
expansion of, [125];
forces acting upon, [127];
exclusiveness of water, [132], [133].
Montanvert, auberge of the, [41], [43];
appearance in winter, [89].
Moraine, lateral, [41];
medial moraines of the Mer de Glace, [51], [112];
cedars of Lebanon growing on ancient, [150];
explanation of the cause of ridges on, [112], [113].
Morteratsch glacier, cause of the widening of the medial moraine of, [97];
motion of, [95], [96];
sand-cones of, [116].
Motion, of Mer de Glace, [93];
of Grindelwald, [94];
of Great Aletsch glacier, [94];
of Morteratsch glacier, [95];
sand-cones of, [116].
Moulins, description of, [116];
dangers from, [117];
sounding of, [118].
Mountain condensers, [27], [150].
[N]
Névé, explanation of term, [49];
stratification of the, [179].
[O]
Obliquity of the lateral crevasses, [167];
illustration, [107], [108].
[P]
Petit Plateau, [56].
Piz Bernina, route to, [95].
Place de la Concorde of Nature, [136].
Plastic theory, [156];
advocated by Bordier, [157];
advocated by Rendu, [158].
Poles, atomic, [32], [126];
attractive and repellent, [30].
Pontresina, village of, [95].
Precious stones, examples of crystallizing power, [30].
Precipitation, [23], [25];
atmospheric, [27].
Promontory of Trélaporte, [44];
of Tacul, [51].
Proofs of glacier-motions, [58].
Pyramid of Aiguille du Dru, [43];
of Aiguille des Charmoz, [43].
[Q]
Quotation from Rendu, [158].
[R]
Rain, its source, [3];
tropical, [23], [25].
Rainfall, observations on amount of, [28].
Regulation, theory, [163-167];
observations made by Mr. Faraday, [164];
formation of chain of icebergs by, [165];
cause of, [167];
Faraday's view of, [171-176].
Relation of structure to pressure, [183];
veined structure described by Guyot, [183-185];
illustration, [186];
connection established, [187].
Retina, how excited, [8];
theory of Sir Isaac Newton, [9].
Riffelberg Hotel, location of, [144].
Rivers, their sources, [1], [7], [19].
[S]
Sand-cones, [116].
Scientific tacts, connection of, [72].
Siedelhorn, view from the summit of, [146].
Snow, its conversion into ice, [156];
consolidation in Alpine regions, [156];
line, [49];
its formation in Russian ball-rooms, [5];
in subterranean stables, [5], [14];
in polar regions, [21];
its architecture, [29-32], [34], [91];
absorbs solar heat, [100].
Solidifying power of camphor and metals, [17].
Source of the Severn, [2];
the Thames, [2];
the Danube, [2];
the Rhine, [2];
the Rhone, [2];
the Gauges, [2];
the Euphrates, [2];
the Garonne, [2];
the Elbe, [2];
the Missouri, [2];
the Amazon, [2];
Albula, [2];
the Arveiron, [38];
the Aar, [50].
Stalactites of Alpine crevasses, [100].
Steam, its condensation, [3], [4].
Sunbeams, office of, [10-21].
Sun, its heat the source of Alpine ice, [7];
vibratory motion of the atoms of the, [11];
position of, [19];
indirect heat, of the, [28].
Switzerland, ancient glaciers of, [145-147].
[T]
Theodolite, description of, [63];
use of, [64], [65].
Theory, of Dilatation, [155];
developed by De Charpentier, [156];
sliding, [156];
plastic, [156-160];
viscous, [161-103];
regulation, [163-167];
of glacial epoch, [155-167].
Trade-winds, [20].
Transverse crevasses, formation of, [104], [105].
Trélaporte, promontory of, [44];
motion of the water through the narrows of, [79].
[U]
Universe, order of the, [32].
[V]
Valley, of Hasli, [146], [147];
Black, [151].
Vapor, in the atmosphere, [5].
Viscous theory, advocated by Prof. Forbes, [161];
rejected by M. Agassiz, [162].
[W]
Water, changes of volume of, [118-122];
maximum density of, [120];
effects of expansion of, [121];
not a solitary exception to general law, [124];
molecular expansion of, [125-127];
temperature necessary to freeze the sea, [132];
special solidifying power of, [173];
freezing-point of, [168].
Waves, of light, [8-11], [127];
length of, [12];
of heat, [12].
Whiteness of a clean glacier, [43], [176];
of Märgelin See, [138], [176];
of snow, [176];
of ice formed in freezing mixtures, [177].
THE END.
Transcriber Note
On page 61 ([153]), Principal was changed to Professor. Minor typos were corrected. Some images were moved to avoid splitting paragraphs.