 | 1843 - 504 pages
...it as not unworthy of being farther entertained. My theory of glacier Motion then is this :• — 'A GLACIER is AN IMPERFECT FLUID, OR A VISCOUS BODY....INCLINATION BY THE MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS. The sort of consistency to which we refer may be illustrated by that of a moderately thick mortar, or of... | |
 | James David Forbes - 1843 - 480 pages
...not unworthy of being farther entertained. My theory of Glacier Motion then is this : — A GLACIEB is AN IMPERFECT FLUID, OR A VISCOUS BODY, WHICH IS...INCLINATION BY THE MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS. The sort of consistency to which we refer may be illustrated by that of moderately thick mortar, or of... | |
 | 1844 - 638 pages
...as a great truth, the theory of Professor Forbes, which is embodied in the following proposition — a GLACIER IS AN IMPERFECT FLUID, OR A VISCOUS BODY,...INCLINATION, BY THE MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS. The idea embodied in this proposition is, doubtless, bold and startling. The Bishop of Annecy shrunk from... | |
 | 1844 - 702 pages
...Professbr Forbes, which is embodied in the following prOpositidri— a GLACIER IS AN IMPERFECT FLUID, Oft A VISCOUS BODY, WHICH IS URGED DOWN SLOPES OF A CERTAIN...INCLINATION, BY THE MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS. The idea embodied in this proposition is, doubtless, bold and startling. The Bishop of 'Annecy shrunk from... | |
 | James David Forbes - 1843 - 522 pages
...farther entertained. My theory of Glacier Motion then is this : — A GLACIER is AN IMPEBFECT FLUID, OE A VISCOUS BODY, WHICH IS URGED DOWN SLOPES OF A CERTAIN...INCLINATION BY THE MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS. The sort of consistency to which we refer may be illustrated by that of moderately thick mortar, or of... | |
 | Wilhelm Wittich - 1845 - 432 pages
...of wetness or infiltration. It ' is an imperfect fluid, or a viscous body, which is urged down the slopes of a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts, and he compares it to a thick mortar, or the contents of a tar-barrel poured into a sloping channel.... | |
 | Charles Williams - 1854 - 662 pages
...Forbes, by numerous and diverse experiments, before he saw the bishop's work, to announce the great truth that " a glacier is an imperfect fluid, or a viscous...inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts." The idea thus embodied, is, doubtless, bold and startling. It must have proved so to the professor himself.... | |
 | Charles Williams - 1854 - 668 pages
...announce the great truth that " a glacier is an imperfect fluid, or a viscous body, which is urged clown slopes of a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts." The idea thus embodied, is, doubtless, bold and startling. It must have proved so to the professor himself.... | |
 | Thing - 1857 - 408 pages
...as during the night. The new, and, as it seems to us, perfectly satisfactory theory is this : — " A glacier is an imperfect fluid, or a viscous body,...inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts." The fact of the motion and the manner of it was beautifully illustrated by the experiments of the Edinburgh... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1860 - 492 pages
...given in the following words : — " A glacier is an imperfect fluid, or viscous body, which is iirged down slopes of a certain inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts." The consistency of the glacier is illustrated by reference to treacle, honey, and tar, and the theory thus... | |
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Comparing that motion to the flow of a river, he propounded the theory that " 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. 
