Map of the Mer de Glace
Date
1845
Creator
James David Forbes (1809 - 1868, British) , Physicist
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Material
Dimensions
height (page): 230mm
width (page): 188mm
width (page): 188mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Topographical sketch of the Mer de Glace, the valley glacier located above the Chamonix Valley, France. The map notes the location [at ‘Q’] of a theodolite station set up by J.D. Forbes to measure the motion of the glacier and an erratic block [Q1] on the opposite side of the glacier, which Forbes used a stable point of distance.
Figure 1 in the manuscript paper, inscribed below with a 1:12500 scale. Published as figure 1 on plate 8, illustrating the printed paper: ‘Illustrations of the viscous theory of glacier motions. Part 2. An attempt to establish by observation the plasticity of glacier ice’, by J. D. Forbes, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.136 (1846), pp.157-175.
James David Forbes (1809-1868) British physicist and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1832.
Figure 1 in the manuscript paper, inscribed below with a 1:12500 scale. Published as figure 1 on plate 8, illustrating the printed paper: ‘Illustrations of the viscous theory of glacier motions. Part 2. An attempt to establish by observation the plasticity of glacier ice’, by J. D. Forbes, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.136 (1846), pp.157-175.
James David Forbes (1809-1868) British physicist and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1832.
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