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USE OF SNOWFLAKE REPLICAS FOR STUDYING WINTER STORMS
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USE OF SNOWFLAKE REPLICAS FOR STUDYING WINTER STORMS

  • VINCENT J. SCHAEFER1 

Nature volume 149, page 81 (1942)Cite this article

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A METHOD was described last winter by me1, 2 for making permanent replicas of snowflakes, ice crystals and other forms of evanescent objects.

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  1. Science, 93, 239 (1941).

  2. Museum News, 19, No. 6, p. 11 (1941).

  3. Shawinigan Prod. Corp. Shawinigan Falls, Ontario, Canada.

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  1. Research Laboratory, General Electric Company, N.Y.

    VINCENT J. SCHAEFER

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SCHAEFER, V. USE OF SNOWFLAKE REPLICAS FOR STUDYING WINTER STORMS. Nature 149, 81 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149081a0

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