{"product_id":"the-forms-of-water-in-clouds-and-rivers-ice-and-glaciers-paperback-9781108037839","title":"The Forms of Water in Clouds and Rivers, Ice, and Glaciers (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108037839","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Forms of Water in Clouds and Rivers, Ice, and Glaciers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA scientific account, published in 1872, of the earth's water system, written by a leading physicist and glacial scientist.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Tyndall (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108037839, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 November 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e206 pages, 35 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.2 cm, 0.27 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJohn 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1, 2. Clouds, rains, and rivers\u003cbr\u003e 3. The waves of light\u003cbr\u003e 4. The waves of heat which produce the vapour of our atmosphere and melt our glaciers\u003cbr\u003e 5. Experiments to prove the foregoing statements\u003cbr\u003e 6. Oceanic distillation\u003cbr\u003e 7. Tropical rains\u003cbr\u003e 8. Mountain condensers\u003cbr\u003e 9. Architecture of snow\u003cbr\u003e 10. Atomic poles\u003cbr\u003e 11. Architecture of lake ice\u003cbr\u003e 12. The source of the Aveiron\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Mer de Glace and its sources\u003cbr\u003e 14. Ice-cascade and snows of the Col du Géant\u003cbr\u003e 15. Questioning the glaciers\u003cbr\u003e 16. Branches and medial moraines of the Mer de Glace from the cleft station\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Talèfre and the Jardin\u003cbr\u003e 18. First questions regarding glacier motion\u003cbr\u003e 19. The motion of glaciers\u003cbr\u003e 20. Precise measurements of Agassiz and Forbes\u003cbr\u003e 21. The theodolite and its use\u003cbr\u003e 22. Motion of the Mer de Glace\u003cbr\u003e 23. Unequal motion of the two sides of the Mer de Glace\u003cbr\u003e 24. Suggestion of a new likeness of glacier motion to river motion\u003cbr\u003e 25. New law of glacier motion\u003cbr\u003e 26. Motion of axis of Mer de Glace\u003cbr\u003e 27. Motion of tributary glaciers\u003cbr\u003e 28. Motion of top and bottom of glacier\u003cbr\u003e 29. Lateral compression of a glacier\u003cbr\u003e 30. Longitudinal compression of a glacier\u003cbr\u003e 31. Sliding and flowing\u003cbr\u003e 32. Winter on the Mer de Glace\u003cbr\u003e 33. Winter motion of the Mer de Glace\u003cbr\u003e 34. Motion of the Grindelwald and Aletsch Glacier\u003cbr\u003e 35. Motion of Morteratsch Glacier\u003cbr\u003e 36. Birth of a crevasse\u003cbr\u003e 37. Icicles\u003cbr\u003e 38. The Bergschrund\u003cbr\u003e 39. Transverse crevasses\u003cbr\u003e 40. Marginal crevasses\u003cbr\u003e 41. Longitudinal crevasses\u003cbr\u003e 42. Crevasses in relation to curvature of glacier\u003cbr\u003e 43. Moraine-ridges, glacier tables, and sand cones\u003cbr\u003e 44. The glacier mills or moulins\u003cbr\u003e 45. The changes of volume of water by heat and cold\u003cbr\u003e 46. Consequences flowing from the foregoing properties of water, correction of errors\u003cbr\u003e 47. The molecular mechanism of water-congelation\u003cbr\u003e 48. The dirt bands of the Mer de Glace\u003cbr\u003e 49. Sea-ice and icebergs\u003cbr\u003e 50. The Aeggischhorn, the Märgelin See and its icebergs\u003cbr\u003e 51. The Bel Alp\u003cbr\u003e 52. The Riffelberg and Görner Glacier\u003cbr\u003e 53. Ancient glaciers of Switzerland\u003cbr\u003e 54. Erratic blocks\u003cbr\u003e 55. Ancient glaciers of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales\u003cbr\u003e 56. The glacier epoch\u003cbr\u003e 57. Glacial theories\u003cbr\u003e 58. Dilatation and sliding theories\u003cbr\u003e 59. Plastic theory\u003cbr\u003e 60. Viscous theory\u003cbr\u003e 61. Regelation theory\u003cbr\u003e 62. Cause of regelation\u003cbr\u003e 63. Faraday's view of regelation\u003cbr\u003e 64. The blue veins of glaciers\u003cbr\u003e 65. Relation of structure to pressure\u003cbr\u003e 66. Slate cleavage and glacier lamination\u003cbr\u003e 67. 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