Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, Volume 1, Part 4Western Society of Engineers, 1896 - Engineering |
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... PAPERS , DISCUSSIONS . ABSTRACTS , PROCEEDINGS CHICAGO PUBLISHED BI - MONTHLY BY THE SOCIETY , 1737 MONADNOCK BLOCK ENTERED AT THE PORT OFFICE IN CHICAGO AS SECOND CLASS MATTER . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $ 2.00 PER VOLUME OF SIX NUMBERS ...
... PAPERS , DISCUSSIONS . ABSTRACTS , PROCEEDINGS CHICAGO PUBLISHED BI - MONTHLY BY THE SOCIETY , 1737 MONADNOCK BLOCK ENTERED AT THE PORT OFFICE IN CHICAGO AS SECOND CLASS MATTER . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $ 2.00 PER VOLUME OF SIX NUMBERS ...
Page 465
... paper , but the multiplicity of incidents which have occurred , the number of changes which have taken place and the ... papers on the 27th of the same month . Ever since then some of the members of that committee have watched the ...
... paper , but the multiplicity of incidents which have occurred , the number of changes which have taken place and the ... papers on the 27th of the same month . Ever since then some of the members of that committee have watched the ...
Page 466
... paper read before the Chicago Geological Society May 19th , 1893 , the writer gave the following as his definition of a glacier : A GLACIER . " A glacier is a river of compressed snow or crushed ice possess- ing such cohesive qualities ...
... paper read before the Chicago Geological Society May 19th , 1893 , the writer gave the following as his definition of a glacier : A GLACIER . " A glacier is a river of compressed snow or crushed ice possess- ing such cohesive qualities ...
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... paper for dis- cussion . On page 208 of Wright's " Ice Age in North America , " Prof. Lesley says : " The only problem of prime difficulty is , how the ice managed to lift the fragments from the out- crop in the valley to the crest of ...
... paper for dis- cussion . On page 208 of Wright's " Ice Age in North America , " Prof. Lesley says : " The only problem of prime difficulty is , how the ice managed to lift the fragments from the out- crop in the valley to the crest of ...
Page 470
... paper before referred to says : The neve or gathering ground of a glacier consists of an area of greater or less extent in a region of perpetual snow , where precipi- tation is generally excessive . It is a lake of compressed snow , or ...
... paper before referred to says : The neve or gathering ground of a glacier consists of an area of greater or less extent in a region of perpetual snow , where precipi- tation is generally excessive . It is a lake of compressed snow , or ...
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