{"product_id":"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-paperback-9781108037815","title":"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 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108037815","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Glaciers of the Alps\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBeing 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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn account from 1860 of expeditions to study glaciers in the Swiss Alps, by a leading nineteenth-century geologist and mountaineer.\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\"\u003e9781108037815, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 October 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e482 pages, 62 b\/w illus.  5 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.7 cm, 0.61 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 influential Irish geologist who became fascinated by mountaineering after a scientific expedition to Switzerland in 1856. He joined the Alpine Club in 1858 and achieved the summit of the Matterhorn in 1868 - a feat which led to a peak on the Italian side of the massif being named after him. He also climbed Mont Blanc three times. A writer of scientific texts who was widely praised for the quality of his prose, Tyndall made clear that in this work, published in 1860, he had 'not attempted to mix Narrative and Science'. He divides his account into two parts: his Alpine adventures and observations, and the scientific explanations about the origins and structural aspects of glaciers. Both sections include explanatory illustrations. This book, a classic text of Alpine exploration, offers a unique account of Tyndall's mountaineering expeditions and the science that inspired them.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I: 1. Introductory\u003cbr\u003e 2. Expedition of 1856: the Oberland\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Tyrol\u003cbr\u003e 4. Expedition of 1857: the Lake of Geneva\u003cbr\u003e 5. Chamouni and the Montanvert\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Mer de Glace\u003cbr\u003e 7. Measurements commenced\u003cbr\u003e 8. Alone upon the glacier\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Jardin\u003cbr\u003e 10. Lightning and rain\u003cbr\u003e 11. First ascent of Mont Blanc, 1857\u003cbr\u003e 12. Life at the Montanvert\u003cbr\u003e 13. Expedition of 1858\u003cbr\u003e 14. Passage of the Strahleck\u003cbr\u003e 15. Ancient glaciers in the valley of Hasli\u003cbr\u003e 16. Ascent of the Finsteraarhorn\u003cbr\u003e 17. Subsequent days at the Aeggischhorn\u003cbr\u003e 18. First ascent of Monte Rosa\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Rothe Kumm\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Görner Grat and the Riffelhorn\u003cbr\u003e 21. Fog on the Riffelberg\u003cbr\u003e 22. Second ascent of Monte Rosa, 1858\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Furgge glacier\u003cbr\u003e 24. Need of observations on Alpine temperature\u003cbr\u003e 25. Second ascent of Mont Blanc, 1858\u003cbr\u003e 26. Hostility of chief guide\u003cbr\u003e 27. Winter expedition to the Mer de Glace, 1859\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 1. Light and heat\u003cbr\u003e 2. Radiant heat\u003cbr\u003e 3. Qualities of heat\u003cbr\u003e 4. Origin of glaciers\u003cbr\u003e 5. Whiteness of snow\u003cbr\u003e 6. Colour of water and ice\u003cbr\u003e 7. Colours of the sky\u003cbr\u003e 8. The moraines\u003cbr\u003e 9. Glacier motion\u003cbr\u003e 10. Motion of the Mer de Glace\u003cbr\u003e 11. Ice wall at the Tacui\u003cbr\u003e 12. Winter motion of the Mer de Glace\u003cbr\u003e 13. Cause of glacier motion - De Saussure's theory\u003cbr\u003e 14. Rendu's theory\u003cbr\u003e 15. Anticipations of Rendu confirmed by Agassiz and Forbes\u003cbr\u003e 16. Forbes's theory\u003cbr\u003e 17. The crevasses\u003cbr\u003e 18. Further considerations on viscosity\u003cbr\u003e 19. Heat and work\u003cbr\u003e 20. Papers presented to the Royal Society by Professor Forbes in 1846\u003cbr\u003e 21. Thomson's theory\u003cbr\u003e 22. Pressure theory\u003cbr\u003e 23. Regelation\u003cbr\u003e 24. Crystallization and internal liquefaction\u003cbr\u003e 25. The moulins\u003cbr\u003e 26. Dirt-bands of the Mer de Glace\u003cbr\u003e 27. Veined structure of glaciers\u003cbr\u003e 28. The veined structure and differential motion\u003cbr\u003e 29. The ripple theory of the veined structure\u003cbr\u003e 30. The veined structure and pressure\u003cbr\u003e 31. The veined structure and the liquefaction of ice by pressure\u003cbr\u003e 32. White ice-seams of the Glacier Du Géant\u003cbr\u003e 33. Glacier Du Géant in a state of longitudinal compression\u003cbr\u003e Summary\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Geological surface processes [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geological surface processes\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geological%20surface%20processes%20%5Bgeomorphology%5D%20%5BRBGD%5D%22\"\u003egeomorphology RBGD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266054443288,"sku":"9781108037815","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108037815i.jpg?v=1696746332","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/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-paperback-9781108037815","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}