regelation

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When the attachments of pressed ice are broken, the continuity of the mass is restored by the regelation of the new contiguous surfaces.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John

I have already made the usual regelation experiment before you when I compressed broken ice in this mould.

From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John

It is this same principle of regelation which enables men to cross snow bridges in safety.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John

There is nothing new in it, except a few additional pages about "regelation," and also "gravity."

From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary