Fiends of the Alps

Title
Fiends of the Alps
LC Subject
Lakes Mountains
Description
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Matterhorn, Switzerland. In every mountain district maturely dissected by glaciers, are to be found sharp horns of large base and especially of the com-bridges. They are further in contrast with the latter by having an approximately pyramidal form, and a base most frequently a triangle with flatly in-curving sides. They appear most frequently at the junction points of the comb-ridges between three or more important snow-fields. Such forms are generally termed "horns" in the Alps, and the word being of the same form in English, it may well be retained as a technical expression. The Matterhorn in Switzerland is the type par excellence, though similar and almost equally striking examples are numerous."
Work Type
lantern slides
Date
1915
Identifier
P217:07:59
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Holder
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Local Collection Name
Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Is Part Of
Set 12 - Glaciers
Institution
Oregon State University
Modified
2011-07-06
Submission Date
2010-11-11
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