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SNOWFLAKES...... Illustrations of Snowflakes (1863) The illustrative plates from Snowflakes: a Chapter from the Book of Nature (1863), a collection of poems, extracts, anecdotes and reflections on the theme of snow and the snowflake. According to the preface of the book, apart from the first few geometrical figures at the top of the first plate, which show the primary geometrical forms under which the snow-vapor crystalizes, all the forms shown are “representations of individual crystals, actually observed and sketched with the aid of the microope.     |
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Yes.....It's fun isn't it....Have you made any this year?
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Every snowflake is different.......All based on the hexagon, but unique. .....
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I'm really happy about that.....I have seen too many 4 pointed paper snowflakes.....
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Lovely!.....I hope we have some this year.......
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We do the same and it's time to make some more.....
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