The Forms of Water in Clouds & Rivers, Ice & GlaciersH.S. King & Company, 1873 - 192 стор. |
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... stakes driven into the Aletsch glacier , but the melting was so rapid that the stakes soon fell . To remedy this , M. Agassiz in 1841 under- took the great labour of carrying boring tools to his ' hotel , ' and piercing the Unteraar ...
... stakes driven into the Aletsch glacier , but the melting was so rapid that the stakes soon fell . To remedy this , M. Agassiz in 1841 under- took the great labour of carrying boring tools to his ' hotel , ' and piercing the Unteraar ...
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... stake into it exactly under the plummet . By re - suspending the plummet at any future time we can find to a hairbreadth the position occupied by the instrument to - day . 157. Look through the telescope ; you see it crossed by two ...
... stake into it exactly under the plummet . By re - suspending the plummet at any future time we can find to a hairbreadth the position occupied by the instrument to - day . 157. Look through the telescope ; you see it crossed by two ...
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... stakes have been driven in , the assistant is able to take up the other points very rapidly . Any requisite number of stakes may thus be fixed in a straight line across the glacier . 159. Next morning we measure the motion of all the stakes ...
... stakes have been driven in , the assistant is able to take up the other points very rapidly . Any requisite number of stakes may thus be fixed in a straight line across the glacier . 159. Next morning we measure the motion of all the stakes ...
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... stake has moved down . assistant recovers the point from which we started yesterday , and then determines the distance from this point to the stake . It is , say , 6 inches ; through this distance , therefore , the stake has moved . A ...
... stake has moved down . assistant recovers the point from which we started yesterday , and then determines the distance from this point to the stake . It is , say , 6 inches ; through this distance , therefore , the stake has moved . A ...
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... stakes were set on July 17 , 1857. Their displacements were measured on the following day . Two of them had fallen ... Stake Inches • • 12 West 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 10 17 23 26 25 26 27 33 165. You have already assured yourself by actual ...
... stakes were set on July 17 , 1857. Their displacements were measured on the following day . Two of them had fallen ... Stake Inches • • 12 West 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 10 17 23 26 25 26 27 33 165. You have already assured yourself by actual ...
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