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WHILST walking home on March 26, about one in the morning, snow began to fall very gently; but instead of the usual powdery or feathery appearance, each flake consisted of a distinct plate, in some cases perfect six-pointed crystals. I measured some of them, and the largest were as much as five-eighths of an inch across. On taking up a handful the appearance was still more remarkable; instead of the white opaque body one usually sees, the mass was pearly and semi-transparent, and so strongly resembling boracic acid, that I should have had some difficulty in distinguishing a handful of each substance by sight alone.
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LOTT, F. Snow Flakes. Nature 19, 529 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019529b0
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