 ... of heat does reach the ice, the latter melts but slowly, for ice absorbs 60° C. of heat in melting ; and thus, when ice is once formed, it becomes a material guarantee for the permanence of cold in the cave. For this explanation to hold good it is...  Ice-caves of France and Switzerland - Page 291by George Forrest Browne (bp. of Bristol.) - 1865Full view - About this book
 | Georg Hartwig - Caves - 1871 - 570 pages
...more or less sheltered against all winds — a very important condition, as air- currents from without would infallibly bring in heated air, in spite of the specific weight of the cold air stored within. There can be no doubt, too, that the large surfaces which are available for evaporation have much to... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - Caves - 1871 - 612 pages
...more or less sheltered against all winds — a very important condition, as air-currents from without would infallibly bring in heated air, in spite of the specific weight of the cold air stored within. There can be no doubt, too, that the large surfaces which are available for evaporation have much to... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - Caves - 1871 - 578 pages
...against all winds — a very important condition, as air-currents from without would infallibly brill;," in heated air, in spite of the specific weight of the cold air stored within. There can be no doubt, too, that the large surfaces which are available for evaporation have much to... | |
 | Edwin Swift Balch - Caves - 1900 - 406 pages
...the cave. For this explanation to hold good it is necessary that the level at which the ice is formed should be below the level of the entrance to the cave;...cold air stored within. It will be understood from my description of such glacieres as that of the Grand Anu, of Monthezy, and the lower glaciere of the... | |
 | Edwin Swift Balch - Caves - 1900 - 424 pages
...the cave. For this explanation to hold good it is necessary that the level at which the ice is formed should be below the level of the entrance to the cave...cold air stored within. It will be understood from my description of such glacieres as that of the Grand Anu, of Monthezy, and the lower glaciere of the... | |
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