PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
I. THE LAUWINEN-THOR.
II. DISASTER ON THE COL DU GEANT.
III. THE MATTERHORN FIRST ASSAULT.
IV. THERMOMETRIC STATION ON MONT BLANC.
V.
VI. THE URBACHTHAL AND GAULI GLACIER.
VII. THE GRIMSEL AND THE AEGGISCHHORN.
VIII. THE BEL ALP.
IX. THE WEISSHORN.
X. INSPECTION OF THE MATTERHORN.
XI. OVER THE MORO.
XII. THE OLD WEISSTHOR.
XIII. RESCUE FROM A CREVASSE.
XIV. THE MATTERHORN-SECOND ASSAULT.
XV. FROM STEIN TO THE GRIMSEL.
XVI. THE OBERAARJOCH. ADVENTURE AT THE AEGGISCHHORN.
XVII. ASCENT OF THE JUNGFRAU.
XVIII. DEATH OF BENNEN ON THE HAUT DE CRY.
XIX. ACCIDENT ON THE PIZ MORTERATSCH.
XX. ALPINE SCULPTURE.
XXI. SEARCH ON THE MATTERHORN: A PROJECT.
XXII. THE TITLIS, FINSTERAARSCHLUCHT, PETERSGRAT, AND ITALIAN LAKES.
XXIII. ASCENT OF THE EIGER AND PASSAGE OF THE TRIFT.
XXIV. THE MATTERHORN THIRD AND LAST ASSAULT.
XXV. ASCENT OF THE ALETSCHHORN.
XXVI. A DAY AMONG THE SERACS OF THE GLACIER DU GEANT FOURTEEN YEARS AGO.
I. OBSERVATIONS ON THE MER DE GLACE.
II. STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF ICE.
III. STRUCTURE OF GLACIERS.
IV. HELMHOLTZ ON ICE AND GLACIERS.
V. CLOUDS.
VI. KILLARNEY.
VII. SNOWDON IN WINTER.
VIII. VOYAGE TO ALGERIA TO OBSERVE THE ECLIPSE.
FOOTNOTES
Transcriber's Note
HOURS OF EXERCISE.
THE JUNGFRAU FROM INTERLAKEN.
HOURS OF EXERCISE
IN
THE ALPS.
BY
JOHN TYNDALL, LL.D., F.R.S.,
AUTHOR OF “FRAGMENTS OF SCIENCE FOR UNSCIENTIFIC PEOPLE,” “HEAT AS A MODE OF MOTION,” ETC., ETC.
NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
72 FIFTH AVENUE.
1896.
Authorized Edition.
