 | William Hughes - 1868 - 346 pages
...is thus expressed, (Travels in the Alps of Savoy, p. 305):—"A glacier is an imperfect fluid, or a viscous body, which is urged down slopes of a certain...inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts." This theory, in the belief of the present writer, ully satisfies the conditions of the case. It is,... | |
 | Thomas George Bonney - 1868 - 388 pages
...phenomena, came to the following conclusion with regard to them. ' A glacier is an imperfect fluid, or a viscous body, which is urged down slopes of a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts1." The consistency to which reference is here made, is illustrated by the example of thick mortar,... | |
 | Thompson Cooper - 1869 - 582 pages
...Plastic Theory." This theory is shortly expressed by himself in these words: "A glacier is an imperfect fluid or viscous body, which is urged down slopes...inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts." Tyndall has since sufficiently exposed its weak points. It must be conceded that the term " viscous... | |
 | Charles W. Vincent, James Mason - 1870 - 314 pages
...of glaciers is briefly this: — He affirmed a glacier to be a viscous body, ie, an imperfect fluid, which is urged down slopes of a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts. Viscosity was illustrated by the consistency of thick mortar, tar, or mixtures of plaster and glue.... | |
 | John Campbell Shairp, Peter Guthrie Tait, Anthony Adams-Reilly - 1873 - 628 pages
...his ideas : — ' My theory of Glacier Motion then is this : A GLACIER is AN IMPERFECT FLUID, OR A viscous BODY, WHICH IS URGED DOWN SLOPES OF A CERTAIN...INCLINATION BY THE MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS.' These, again, may be accepted even now as a nearly complete statement of the physical circumstances... | |
 | Augustin Privat-Deschanel - 1878 - 308 pages
...centre faster than the sides. He summed up his view by saying, " A glacier is an imperfect fluid, or a viscous body which is urged down slopes of a certain...inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts." This apparent viscosity is explained by the principles of § 237A. According to these principles the... | |
 | Augustin Privat-Deschanel - 1873 - 268 pages
...centre faster than the sides. He summed up his view by saying, "A glacier is an imperfect fluid, or a viscous body which is urged down slopes of a certain...inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts." This apparent viscosity is explained by the principles of § 237A. According to these principles the... | |
 | Augustin Privat-Deschanel - 1874 - 288 pages
...centre faster than the sides. He summed up his view by saying, " A glacier is an imperfect fluid, or a viscous body which is urged down slopes of a certain...inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts." This apparent viscosity is explained by the principles of § 237/\. According to these principles the... | |
 | Rendu - 1874 - 306 pages
...Forbes " was enunciated by himself in these words : — ' A " 'glacier is an imperfect fluid, or [a] viscous body, which " ' is urged down slopes of [a] certain inclination by the " 'natural [mutual] pressure of its parts.' ' " 424. The gist of the Regelation Theory is that " the... | |
 | Rendu - 1874 - 316 pages
...Forbes " was enunciated by himself in these words : — ' A " 'glacier is an imperfect fluid, or [a] viscous body, which " 'is urged down slopes of [a] certain inclination by the " 'natural [mutual] pressure of its parts.' " " 424. The gist of the Regelation Theory is that " the... | |
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A GLACIER is AN IMPERFECT FLUID, OR A VISCOUS BODY. WHICH IS URGED DOWN SLOPES OF A CERTAIN INCLINATION BY THE MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS. 
