...than that nearer the bed. The result of the observation of Professor Forbes on the subject is, that a glacier is an imperfect fluid, or viscous body,...inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts ; and a writer in Murray's " Swiss Guide" illustrates this sort of motion by that of lava descending from...

...entertained. My theory of glacier Motion then is this :• — '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. The sort of consistency to which we refer may be illustrated by that of a moderately thick mortar,...

...farther entertained. My theory of Glacier Motion then is this : — A GLACIEB is AN IMPERFECT FLUID, OR 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...

...' my own experiments already detailed, that the actual motion w such as we have supposed it to be ; it does move faster at the centre than at the sides;...inclination by the mutual pressure of its parts : — and be illustrates and explains this view by such a variety of practical proofs and observations as to...

...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...

...these observations, and deduced from these facts, is this : — " 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." This modification of Saussure's theory is so consistent with facts, and so plain and obvious when announced,...

...Forbes, which is embodied in the following proposition — a <1LAC1ER IS AN IMPKRFECT FLUID,' OR A vISCOUS BODY, WHICH IS URGED DOWN SLOPES OF A CERTAIN INCLINATION, BY THB> -MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS. The idea embodied in this proposition is, doubtless, bold and startling....

...long-continued observations, is expressed in these words:— " 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."—(p. 365). And the only hesitation we feel in adopting this opinion lies in the single word...

...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. Whoever...

...moisture, a rude flexibility, sensible even to the hand. Professor Forbes's theory of glacier motion is this : — A glacier is an imperfect fluid, or viscous...practical proofs and observations, as to set the matter at rest for ever. Much more might be said of the glaciers, for which the space here allotted is insufficient....