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Snow Crystals
by W. A. Bentley,W. J. Humphreys

ISBN: 0486202879
Dover Publications Price: $22.95 		click here to see this book


Over 2,000 photomicrographs of snowflakes, plus slides of frost, rime, glaze, dew, and hail. Introduction by meteorologist W. J. Humphreys discusses techniques of photographing snow crystals, science of crystallography, classification, and markings. "Page after page of patterns, one more beautiful than the next." — Country Journal. 202 plates.

Table of Contents for Snow Crystals
PREFACE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PART I THE SNOW CRYSTAL
HISTORY
TAKING THE SNOW CRYSTAL'S PICTURE
SOME FACTS OF OBSERVATION
CLASSIFICATION
CIRCUMSTANCES OF OCCURRENCE
MARKINGS
SHAPES OF CAVITIES
PARASITIC CRYSTALS
PICTURE CRYSTALS
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY OF THE SNOW CRYSTAL
PECULIAR CRYSTALS
PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ICE CRYSTAL
"PART II THE SNOWFLAKE'S CLOSEST OF KIN, AND ITS COUSIN, THE DEWDROP"
ICE FLOWERS
WINDOWPANE FROST
DEW AND FROST
RIME
GLAZE
SLEET
GRAUPEL