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Was ever life history written in more dainty hieroglyphics!

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Besides combining her greatest skill and artistry in the production of snowflakes, Nature generously fashions the most beautiful specimens on a very thin plane so that they are specially adapted for photomicrographical study.

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Wilson A. Bentley

Wilson A. Bentley

Born: February 9, 1865
Died: December 23, 1931 (aged 66)
Bio: Wilson Alwyn "Snowflake" Bentley is one of the first known photographers of snowflakes. He perfected a process of catching flakes on black velvet in such a way that their images could be captured before they either melted or sublimated.
Known for:
  1. Snow Crystals (1931)
  2. Bentley's Snowflakes
  3. Snowflakes in Photographs (1931)

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