From the rear cover
"Offers valuable material not only to students of crystallography but also to those of the arts."--The New York Times
Did you ever try to photograph a snowflake? The procedure is very tricky. The work must be done rapidly in extreme cold, for even body heat can melt a rare specimen that has been painstakingly mounted. The lighting must be just right to reveal all the nuances of design without producing heat. But the results can be rewarding, as the work of W. A. Bentley proved.
For almost half a century, Bentley caught and photographed thousands of snowflakes in his workshop at Jericho, Vermont, and made available to scientists and art instructors samples of his remarkable work. In 1931, the American Meteorological Society gathered together the best of these photomicrographs, plus some slides of frost, glaze, dew on vegetation and spider webs, sleet, and soft hail, and a text by W. J. Humphreys, and had them published. That book is here reproduced, unaltered, and unabridged. Over 2,000 beautiful crystals on these pages reveal the wonder of nature's diversity in uniformity; no two are alike, yet all are based on a common hexagon.
The introductory text covers the technique of photographing snow crystals, classification, the fundamentals of crystallography, and markings. There are also brief discussions of the nature and cause of ice flowers, windowpane frost, dew, rime, sleet, and graupel.
The book is of great value both to students of ice forms and for textile and other designers who can use the natural designs of these snow crystals in their work. Every photograph is royalty-free; you may use up to 10 without fees, permission, or acknowledgement.
"A most unusual and very readable book."--Nature
Details
- Title Snow Crystals
- Author W. A. Bentley; W. J. Humphreys
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, New York
- Date 1962-06-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780486202877 / 0486202879
- Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 10.3 x 8.08 x 0.47 in (26.16 x 20.52 x 1.19 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Snowflakes
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 63000422
- Dewey Decimal Code 551.578
More Copies for Sale
Snow Crystals (Dover Pictorial Archive)
by Humphreys, W. J.,Bentley, W. A.
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780486202877 / 0486202879
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States
- Item Price
-
$4.64$4.49 shipping to USA
Show Details
Snow Crystals (Dover Pictorial Archive)
by Humphreys, W. J.,Bentley, W. A.
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780486202877 / 0486202879
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States
- Item Price
-
$5.64$4.49 shipping to USA
Show Details
Snow Crystals (Dover Pictorial Archive)
Humphreys, W. J.,Bentley, W. A.
We are sorry, this copy is no longer available.
Snow Crystals
by W. J. Humphreys; W. A. Bentley
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780486202877 / 0486202879
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
$6.60FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Snow Crystals
by W. J. Humphreys; W. A. Bentley
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780486202877 / 0486202879
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
$6.60FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Snow Crystals (Dover Pictorial Archive)
by Bentley, W. A.; Humphreys, W. J.
- Used
- Acceptable
- first
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780486202877 / 0486202879
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Item Price
-
$7.55FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Snow Crystals
by Bentley, W. A., Humphreys, W. J
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780486202877 / 0486202879
- Quantity Available
- 4
- Seller
-
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$11.38FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Snow Crystals
by Bentley, W. A., Humphreys, W. J
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780486202877 / 0486202879
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$11.38FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Snow Crystals (Dover Pictorial Archive)
by Bentley, W. A.; Humphreys, W. J.
- New
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780486202877 / 0486202879
- Quantity Available
- 17
- Seller
-
Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States
- Item Price
-
$16.41$3.99 shipping to USA
Show Details
Snow Crystals (Dover Pictorial Archive)
by Bentley, W. A.
- Used
- Condition
- UsedVeryGood
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780486202877 / 0486202879
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Bensalem, Pennsylvania, United States
- Item Price
-
$20.53FREE shipping to USA