Hours of Exercise in the ALPS - Brossura

Tyndall, John

 
9781108037822: Hours of Exercise in the ALPS

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This 1871 account of climbing in the Swiss Alps was written by eminent physicist John Tyndall.

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John Tyndall (1820–93) was a prominent physicist, particularly noted for his studies of thermal radiation and the atmosphere. While researching glaciers, he became a proficient climber, and this work, first published in 1871, combines climbing expeditions in Switzerland with comments on glaciation and geology.

Contenuti

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.

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