Ice Formation, with Special Reference to Anchorice and Frazil

Abstract

THE effects of the severe Canadian winters oo such a large river, with a variable flow, as the St. Lawrence afford remarkable opportunities for studying the phenomena of ice formation, which the author has availed himself of during the last ten years; and this book records the results of his observations and the conclusions he has drawn from them. Moreover, in order to render the account of his investigations on ice formation more complete, he has introduced the subject with three chapters, on the “Physical Laws governing the Transfer of Heat,” “Physical Constants of Ice,” and “Formation and Structure of Ice,” and has added towards the end a chapter on previous “Theories to account for Frazit and Anchor-ice,” which would more suitably have preceded the exposition of his own views in the fourth chapter. Lastly, in the final chapter, the author gives a practical application to his investigations by indicating the causes which, in severe winters, are liable to occasion the stoppage of water-power works, and suggesting measures by which accumulations of ice at critical points, tending to arrest the flow of water, may be reduced.

Ice Formation, with Special Reference to Anchorice and Frazil.

By Howard T. Barnes. Pp. x + 260. (New York: John Wiley and Sons; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd.) Price 12s. 6d. net.