...than that nearer the bed. The result of the observation of Professor Forbes on the subject is, that a glacier is an imperfect fluid, or viscous body, which is urged down slopes of a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts ; and a writer in Murray's " Swiss Guide"...

...from the bank.' — p. 176. Professor Forbes's own theory of glacier motion is therefore this: — A glacier is an imperfect fluid, or viscous body, which is urged down slopes of a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts : — and he illustrates and explains this...

...from the bank.' — p. 176. Professor Forbes's own theory of glacier motion is therefore this: — A glacier is an imperfect fluid, or viscous body, which is urged down slopes of a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts : — and be illustrates and explains this...

...result of patient and acute study of glacier phenomena, is that of Professor Forbes, who asserts, that " a glacier is an imperfect fluid, or viscous body, which is urged down slopes of a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts ;" nearly in the same manner as lava descends...

...rude flexibility, sensible even to the hand. Professor Forbes's theory of glacier motion is this : — A glacier is an imperfect fluid, or viscous body, which is urged down slopes of a certain inclination, by the mutual pressure of its parts ; — and he illustrates and explains this...

...slope of the valley. 3rd. Professor Forbes's, or the theory of viscidity, by which it is supposed that a Glacier is an imperfect fluid or viscous body, which is urged down slopes of a certain inclination, by the mutual pressure of its parts, obeying the laws of gravitation. The controversy...

...Forbes, that the glacier might be considered as a viscous or plastic body. " A glacier," says he, " is an imperfect fluid or viscous body, which is urged down slopes of a certain inclination by the natural pressure of its parts." Thus may be explained the motion and internal...

...result of patient and acute study of glacier phenomena, is that of Professor Forbes, who asserts that " a glacier is an imperfect fluid, or viscous body, which is urged down slopes of a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts ;" nearly in the same manner as lava descends...

...than that nearer the bed. The result of the observation of Professor Forbes on the subject is, that a glacier is an imperfect fluid, or viscous body, which is urged down slopes of a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts; and a writer in Murray's "Swiss Guide" illustrates...

...measurements, settles the matter to the satisfaction of the scientific world. He established the fact that ' a glacier is an imperfect fluid, or viscous body,...is urged down slopes of certain inclination by the natural pressure of its parts.' The Mer de Glace above Chamouni, which was the scene of Forbes's explorations,...