 ... to these great mountains, where he toiled with a devotion that told at last upon his physical frame. ' The lessons which he had laboriously learnt among the living ice-rivers of the Alps bore fruit when he came again to wander among the more mountainous...  Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society - Page 236by Edinburgh Geological Society - 1870Full view - About this book
 | John Campbell Shairp, Peter Guthrie Tait, Anthony Adams-Reilly - 1873 - 628 pages
...where he toiled with a devotion that told at last upon his physical frame. ' The lessons which he had laboriously learnt among the living ice-rivers of...observation. In particular, glacier-moraines were often recognized in places where no geologist would now be able to find them. Much as Forbes knew of the... | |
 | John Campbell Shairp, Peter Guthrie Tait, Anthony Adams-Reilly - 1873 - 622 pages
...when he came again to wander among the more mountainous regions of his own country. In the year 1S40 Agassiz had made the startling announcement that the...back upon the early discussion of this subject, we arc forced to admit that conclusions were often based upon very hasty and imperfect observation. In... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1901 - 714 pages
...and ice, and that the traces of its seaward motion were yet fresh and clear upon the sides of many valleys among the uplands. Following up the observations...conclusions were often based upon very hasty and imperfect observations. In particular, glacier moraines were often recognized in DD 2 places where no geologist... | |
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