ORIGIN of ALPINE & ITALIAN LAKES & GLACIAL EROSION by RAMSAY/ALPS GLACIERS/ 1889

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ORIGIN of ALPINE & ITALIAN LAKES & GLACIAL EROSION by RAMSAY/ALPS GLACIERS/ 1889 UPON THE ORIGIN OF ALPINE AND ITALIAN LAKES; AND UPON GLACIAL EROSION. BY SIR A. C. RAMSAY, F. R. S., ETC., SIR JOHN BALL, M. R. I. A., F. L. S., ETC., SIR RODERICK I. MURCHINSON, F. R. S., D. C. L., ETC., PROF. B. STUDER, OF BERNE, PROF A. FAVRE, OF GENEVA, EDWARD WHYMPER, PROF. J. W. SPENCER, PH. D., G. F. S. WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES UP THE AMERICAN LAKES BY J. W. SPENCER. New York: The Humboldt Publishing Co., no date [1889]. First Edition. Scarce. A solid First Edition of this scarce and fascinating book. Published more than 120 years ago, this book has long been out of print. Such a nice copy is not likely to come up for sale again soon on ebay. From the Text: "Considering the youth of the science of Geology, it is not remarkable that the serious study of Glacial Phenomena dates back sarcely more than half a century, and that of the lakes, so characteristic of the scenery of the Alps, Scandinavia, North-eastern America, and Central Africa for only half that time. It has been during the last decade, that there has been shown the greatest interest in the investigation of the phenomena that have contributed to the moulding of the physical features of the northern parts of the American continent, and hence the necessity of importing the literature of kindred European question to this country. The efforts made, nearly thirty years ago, by Mortillet, and especially by Ramsay, to explain the origin of the Alpine lakes by glacial erosian, formed the beginning of the new epoch in the investigations of lacustrine geology, and the excavating power of glaciers. However, the extravagant views of Sir A. Ramsay rendered a service to a science, in that it awakened an interest in the causes which fashioned our lakes, and many features of our landscapes. The consideration of the glacial origin of the lakes is so locked up with that of glacial erosion in general, that neither question can be investigated alone. Accordingly the following papers bear alike upon both lines of enquiry. Many of the exaggerated views of Ramsay and other authors have been bodily transfered to America, and some of them have been carried farther than was proposed by their authors. The result is that American literature is often replete with Tyrannical assumptions not based upon observed facts. The closet geology is rapidly giving place to that of the field, and the last two or three years show wonderful progress in the investigations of the architecture of our Continent Although the views of Sir A. Ramsay are now greatly modified, still they formed on epoch in investigations, which we have not yet entirely passed. The epoch making of his papers, and the investigations that they developed, accordingly sufficent reason for commencing the following compilation with his studies." Contents include: On the Glacial Origin of Certain Lakes in Switzerland, the Black Forest, Great Britain, Sweden, North America, and Elsewhere. By Sir A. C. Ramsay, F. R. S., President of the Geological Society Etc.; Glaciers of the Himlaya Mountains and New Zealand Compared with those of Europe, on the powers of Glaciers in Modifying the Surfae of the Earth, and in the agency of Floating Icebergs. By Sir Roderick I. Murchison, K. C. B., D. C. L., F. R. S.; On The Origin of the Swiss Lakes, By Prof. B. Studer of Berne; On the origin of the Alpine Lakes and Valleys. A Letter Addressed to Sir Roderrick L. Murchison, K. C. B., By M. Alphonse Favre, Professor of Geology in the Academy of Geneva, and Author of the Geological Map of Savor.; The Ancient Glaciers of Aosta. by Edward Whymper, Glacial Erosion in Norway and in High Latitudes, By professor J. W. Spencer, PH. D., F. G. S., Of the University of Georgia, State Geologist --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Octavo - sized hardcover book; 148+ pages of text with illustrations and fold out map. Good+ condition: no torn or missing pages; Raised impression from previous... read more

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