Reynolds, Osborne, 1842-1912, Brightmore, Arthur William, 1864-, Moorby, William Henry, 1872- · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 232
ATION OF RAINDROPS AND HAILSTONES. 215 My object in this paper is to suggest that this is the actual way in whichraindrops and hailstones are formed. I was first led to this conclusion fromobserving closely the structure of ordinary hailstones. Although to the casual observer hailstones may appear… … Fig. 1. Perfect Hailstone. In texture they have the appearance of an aggregation of minute particlesof ice fitting closely together, but without any crystallization such as thatseen in the snowflake—although the surface of the cone is striated, the striteradiating from the vertex. Such a form and…
