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Ice and rock. Travels through the Alps of Savoy and other parts. Edinburgh, 1843. Contact of the ice and rock at the angle, Mer de Glace'. The author, James David Forbes (1809-68), Scottish physicist and glaciologist, studying a glacier in the Alps. Image taken from Travels through the Alps of Savoy and other parts of the Pennine Chain, with observations on the phenomena of glaciers. Originally published/produced in Edinburgh, 1843. . Source: 1429.k.7, plate 3 opposite 76. Language: English.

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Ice and rock. Travels through the Alps of Savoy and other parts. Edinburgh, 1843. Contact of the ice and rock at the angle, Mer de Glace'. The author, James David Forbes (1809-68), Scottish physicist and glaciologist, studying a glacier in the Alps. Image taken from Travels through the Alps of Savoy and other parts of the Pennine Chain, with observations on the phenomena of glaciers. Originally published/produced in Edinburgh, 1843. . Source: 1429.k.7, plate 3 opposite 76. Language: English.

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Keywords:

GLACE • ICE (WEATHER) • ICE • ICE, FROZEN LAKES&STREAMS • INORGANIC MATERIAL • INORGANIC MATERIALS • LAND FEATURES • MATERIAL • PHYSICIST • ROCK FEATURES • ROCK • ROCKY • SCIENTIFIC OCCUPATIONS • SCIENTIST • STONE • STONES • TOPOGRAPHY • TRAVEL BOOKS • TRAVEL LITERATURE