Hours of Exercise in the Alps. (Notes and Comments on Ice and Glaciers and other scraps.-Voyage to Algeria to observe the Eclipse.) - Softcover

Tyndall, John F R S

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1240929099 ISBN 13: 9781240929092

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011

Synopsis

Title: Hours of Exercise in the Alps. (Notes and Comments on Ice and Glaciers and other scraps.-Voyage to Algeria to observe the Eclipse.)

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

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About this title

Book Description

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.

About the Author

John Tyndall resides in London, Ontario. His publications include Thirteen Poems: From the Bruce Peninsula (1974), Howlcat Fugues. This book was also chosen by the Library Journal as one of the ten best small-press poetry books of 1976.His first book published by Black Moss was titled Free Rein (2001). His poems have also appeared on thespoken-word CD entitled Souwesto Words: 25 Poets In Southwestern Ontario, Canada (1999) and in the anthologies That Sign of Perfection, Losers First, I Want to Be the Poet of Your Kneecaps, Henrys Creature, and Following the Plough..Tyndalls poetry has been praised in the University of Toronto Quarterly for its strange iridescent language, and by the Library Journal for its Osurrealistic melding of poetry and art.

Edition details

• Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1240929099
• ISBN 13: 9781240929092
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 556