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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
Born:
February 9, 1865
Died:
December 23, 1931
(aged 66)
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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:
Snow Crystals (1931)
Bentley's Snowflakes
Snowflakes in Photographs (1931)
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