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2. Papers on Glaciers. No. 1, Account of a Geometrical Survey of the Mer de Glace of Chamouni

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

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This paper does not admit of abridgment. The author gave an account of a survey which he executed of the whole extent of the principal glacier of Mont Blanc and its tributaries. A base line of nearly 3000 feet was carefully measured in the valley, and extended by means of a very careful triangulation to a point on the glacier distant 28,600 feet, and elevated 4400 above the base line.

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Proceedings 1842–43
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 1 , 1845 , pp. 406
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1844

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