Snowflakes as Described by William Scoresby
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“The aqueous vapor of the atmosphere precipitated in a crystalline form, and falling to the earth in flakes, each flake consisting of a distinct crystal, or more commonly combinations of separate crystals. The crystals belong to the hexagonal system, and are generally in the form of thin plates and long needles or spiculae; by their different modes of union they present uncounted varieties of very beautiful figures.” —Whitney, 1889
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geometry, snow, ice, crystal, snowflake, hexagon, crystal figures, hexagonal crystals, ice formations, snow crystal, snowfallSource
William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5734
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