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1. On the Structure, Formation, and Movement of Glaciers; and the probable cause of their former extension and subsequent disappearance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

James Stark
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Extract

The author endeavoured to prove, from the recorded facts stated by different writers, that the crystalline particles of which the ice of glaciers is composed do not sensibly enlarge after being consolidated into compact ice; that the crystals have been shewn to be fully and perfectly formed in the course of a few nights in the Polar Regions; and that they have a position perpendicular to the layer of ice which they form,—their length being thus determined by the thickness of that layer.

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Proceedings 1841–42
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 1 , 1845 , pp. 375 - 380
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1844

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