Glacier table James David Forbes (1809-68) Scottish physicist and glaciologist on the Mer de Glace Chamonix 1842. Image taken from Travels through the

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Glacier table James David Forbes (1809-68) Scottish physicist and glaciologist on the Mer de Glace Chamonix 1842. Image taken from Travels through the Alps of Savoy and other parts of the Pennine Chain with observations on the phenomena of glaciers. Originally published in Edinburgh 1843.

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