Manual of the Natural History, Geology, and Physics of Greenland and the Neighbouring Regions Prepared for the Use of the Arctic Expedition of 1875, under the Direction of the Arctic Committee of the Royal Society
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PART I PHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS
- PART II BIOLOGY
- PART I BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY
- PART II PHYSICS
- SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- I METEOROLOGY
- II TEMPERATURE OF THE SEA, &C
- III PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ICE
- IV TIDES AND CURRENTS
- V GEODESY AND PENDULUM EXPERIMENTS MEASURING THE MOTION OF GLACIERS
- VI OBSERVATIONS ON REFRACTION AND ON AIR OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS ON SOUND
- VII TERRESTRAL MAGNETISM
- VIII AURORA BOREALIS
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- ERRATA ET CORRIGENDA
INTRODUCTION
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PART I PHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS
- PART II BIOLOGY
- PART I BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY
- PART II PHYSICS
- SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- I METEOROLOGY
- II TEMPERATURE OF THE SEA, &C
- III PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ICE
- IV TIDES AND CURRENTS
- V GEODESY AND PENDULUM EXPERIMENTS MEASURING THE MOTION OF GLACIERS
- VI OBSERVATIONS ON REFRACTION AND ON AIR OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS ON SOUND
- VII TERRESTRAL MAGNETISM
- VIII AURORA BOREALIS
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- ERRATA ET CORRIGENDA
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- Manual of the Natural History, Geology, and Physics of Greenland and the Neighbouring RegionsPrepared for the Use of the Arctic Expedition of 1875, under the Direction of the Arctic Committee of the Royal Society, pp. 606 - 612Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1875