Travels Through the Alps of Savoy and Other Parts of the Pennine Chain: With Observations on the Phenomena of Glaciers |
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Agassiz Aiguille Allée Blanche Alps already amongst angle appears Argentière ascended bands blocks Brenva called centre châlets Chamouni Charmoz Charpentier Col du Géant Courmayeur crevasses crossed d'Erin Dent Blanche descending direction distance English feet Evolena fact farther fissures fluid foot friction Glace Glacier de Léchaud Glacier du Géant Glacier du Taléfre glacier motion Grande Jorasse granite guides height higher inches length limestone lower Macugnaga marked mass medial moraine Mer de Glace Miage Mont Blanc Mont Cervin Montanvert Monte Rosa moraine mountains nearly névé observed parallel passage passed Pralong precipice promontory remarkable Rhone ridge rock Saas Saussure Saussure's season seen side sketch slope snow station steep stone stream Studer summit surface Tacul temperature theory tion traveller traversed Val de Bagnes Val Ferret valley Valpelline veined structure velocity vertical village walk weather whilst Zermatt Zmutt