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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

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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

by John Tyndall

EN·~14 hours·11 chapters

Chapters

11 total

THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS.

0:25

PREFACE.

2:04

PREFATORY NOTE.

23:24

ILLUSTRATIONS.

2:19

PART I. CHIEFLY NARRATIVE.

6:46:33

PART II. CHIEFLY SCIENTIFIC.

5:50:34

PARTIAL SUMMARY.

8:02

APPENDIX.

35:31

INDEX.

10:05

WORKS by JOHN TYNDALL.

2:55

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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 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

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Karl Eichwalder, Stephen H. Sentoff and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Release date

2010-11-02

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Public domain in the USA.

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34192

Subjects

Alps -- Description and travel Glaciers -- Alps QE

About the author

John Tyndall

1820–1893

A gifted Victorian showman of science, this Irish physicist helped reveal how gases like water vapor and carbon dioxide trap heat in the atmosphere. He also brought complex ideas to life for huge public audiences through vivid lectures and popular books.

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