Diagrams, movement of glaciers by [John Tyndall?]
Reference number: PT/75/8/8
Date: 1858

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Figures 2-7 showing diagrams of typical movements made by a glacier in different situations where a variety of forces act upon them. Inscribed with publication and plate details. On verso is a printed sheet of the list of candidates recommended by the Council for election to the Royal Society, dated 5 May 1859 at Burlington House [London]. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Glaciology / Geology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the physical phenomena of glaciers.—Part I. Observations on the Mer de Glace' by John Tyndall.
Received and read by the Royal Society on 20 May 1858.
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- PT/75/8/8
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- 1858
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- 2 pages
- Format
- Diagram
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XIV. On the physical phenomena of glaciers.—Part I. Observations on the mer de glace External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1859
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1859.0014
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III. On the physical phenomena of glaciers. —Part I External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1859
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1857.0133
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Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1840-1859
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Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 149
Reference number: PT/75/8
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