Snow, Benjamin Warner, 1860- · Madison, Wis. · leaf 276
d tlie particles are ex-amined with a microscope, it will be seen that the ice is not aconfused mass of solidified water particles, but consists of reg-vilar hexagonal crystalline structures of remarkable sjnnmetryand beauty, Figs. 169 and 170. These beautiful forms, which ICE FLOWERS AND SNOW… … r<t. Ici- llijwei-^ globule at the center of each crystal does not appear until thecrystal melts, and is not, as might be supposed, a bubble of air,but is a nearly perfect vacuum. The water produced by the ^SfSMf^ M W V ^F k ^^. ^^T^^ V ^P^^^sr M ^^ ■ ^^gjHHHi^ ■M mmw Fii. 171. Snow crystals.…
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