regelation
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Although the effect of pressure is so small, it produces, as is well known, remarkable results in the motion of glaciers, the moulding and regelation of ice, and many other phenomena.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
The conclusion was afterwards experimentally verified by Sir William Thomson, and served to explain all the phenomena of regelation.
From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William
Mr. James Thomson had referred regelation to the cold produced by the liquefaction of the pressed ice; but in the above experiment all pressure is not only taken away, but is replaced by tension.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John
In fact, regelation will confer upon it all the appearance of viscosity.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John
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
