Buch, Englisch, 508 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 710 g
Buch, Englisch, 508 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 710 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
ISBN: 978-1-108-03782-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
John Tyndall (1820-93) was a prominent physicist, particularly noted for his studies of thermal radiation and the atmosphere. He was a prolific writer and lecturer, who was able to bring experimental physics to a wide audience. While researching his 1860 work, The Glaciers of the Alps, he became a proficient climber, and this work, first published in 1871, combines climbing expeditions in Switzerland with comments on glaciation and geology. It was extremely popular, with a second edition in the same year, and German and American editions in 1872. He was one of a group of noted Alpinists of the period, making the first ascent of the Weisshorn in Switzerland and finally conquering the Matterhorn in 1868, three years after its first ascent. This account of Victorian climbing expeditions makes fascinating reading, and shows the length an experimental scientist was prepared to go in search of knowledge.
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Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
1. The Lauwinen-Thor
2. Disaster on the Col du Géant
3. The Matterhorn - first assault, with J. J. Bennen as guide
4. Thermometric stations on Mont Blanc
5. A letter from Bâle
6. The Urbachthal and Gauli glacier
7. The Grimsel and the Aeggischhorn
8. The Bel Alp
9. The Weisshorn
10. Inspection of the Matterhorn with Bennen
11. Over the Moro
12. The Old Weissthor
13. Rescue from a crevasse
14. The Matterhorn - second assault, in company with Bennen
15. From Stein to the Grimsel
16. The Oberaarjock. Adventure at the Aeggischhorn
17. Ascent of the Jungfrau
18. Death of Bennen on the Haut de Cry
19. Accident on the Piz Morteratsch
20. Alpine sculpture
21. Search on the Matterhorn: a project
22. The Titlis, Finsteraarschlucht, Petersgrat, and Italian lakes
23. Ascent of the Eiger and Passage of the Trift
24. The Matterhorn - third and last assault
25. Ascent of the Aletschhorn
26. A day among the Séracs of the Glacier du Géant fourteen years ago
Notes on ice and glaciers, etc.
