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Formation of Ground Ice

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I THINK the enclosed letter contains as good a description of the formation of ground ice as I have hitherto seen; I therefore send it to you, thinking it of sufficient interest to appear in NATURE.

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TYNDALL, J. Formation of Ground Ice. Nature 1, 555 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001555d0

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