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Hours Of Exercise in the Alps

Hours Of Exercise in the Alps

by John Tyndall

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Author
Tyndall, John, 1820-1893
Title
Hours of Exercise in the Alps
Credits
Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
DQ: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Switzerland
Subject
Alps -- Description and travel
Category
Text
eBook-No.
47209
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47209
Release Date
October 27, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.HOURS OF EXERCISE IN THE ALPS.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.I. THE LAUWINEN-THOR.
  6. 6.II. DISASTER ON THE COL DU GÉANT.
  7. 7.III. THE MATTERHORN—FIRST ASSAULT.
  8. 8.IV. THERMOMETRIC STATION ON MONT BLANC.
  9. 9.V. — A LETTER FROM BÂLE. — NOTE ON THE SOUND OF AGITATED WATER.
  10. 10.VI. THE URBACHTHAL AND GAULI GLACIER.
  11. 11.VII. THE GRIMSEL AND THE ÆGGISCHHORN. — NOTE ON CLOUDS.
  12. 12.VIII. THE BEL ALP.
  13. 13.IX. THE WEISSHORN.
  14. 14.X. INSPECTION OF THE MATTERHORN.
  15. 15.XI. OVER THE MORO.
  16. 16.XII. THE OLD WEISSTHOR.
  17. 17.XIII. RESCUE FROM A CREVASSE.
  18. 18.XIV. THE MATTERHORN-SECOND ASSAULT.
  19. 19.XV. FROM STEIN TO THE GRIMSEL.
  20. 20.XVI. THE OBERAARJOCH. ADVENTURE AT THE ÆGGISCHHORN.
  21. 21.XVII. ASCENT OF THE JUNGFRAU.
  22. 22.XVIII. DEATH OF BENNEN ON THE HAUT DE CRY.
  23. 23.XIX. ACCIDENT ON THE PIZ MORTERATSCH.
  24. 24.XX. ALPINE SCULPTURE. — Morteratsch Glacier, Line A. — Morteratsch Glacier, Line B. — Morteratsch Glacier, Line C. — Maximum Motion in 100 hours. — Rosegg Glacier.
  25. 25.XXI. SEARCH ON THE MATTERHORN: A PROJECT.
  26. 26.XXII. THE TITLIS, FINSTERAARSCHLUCHT, PETERSGRAT, AND ITALIAN LAKES.
  27. 27.XXIII. ASCENT OF THE EIGER AND PASSAGE OF THE TRIFT.
  28. 28.XXIV. THE MATTERHORN—THIRD AND LAST ASSAULT.
  29. 29.XXV. ASCENT OF THE ALETSCHHORN.
  30. 30.XXVI. A DAY AMONG THE SÉRACS OF THE GLACIER DU GÉANT FOURTEEN YEARS AGO.
  31. 31.I. OBSERVATIONS ON THE MER DE GLACE.
  32. 32.II. STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF ICE.
  33. 33.III. STRUCTURE OF GLACIERS.
  34. 34.IV. HELMHOLTZ ON ICE AND GLACIERS.
  35. 35.V. CLOUDS.
  36. 36.VI. KILLARNEY.
  37. 37.VII. SNOWDON IN WINTER.
  38. 38.VIII. VOYAGE TO ALGERIA TO OBSERVE THE ECLIPSE.
  39. 39.FOOTNOTES
  40. 40.Transcriber's Note

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