Early Discoverers XXXI: Descartes’ Observations on the Amsterdam Snowfalls of 4, 5, 6 and 9 February 1635
In Les météores (1637), in the midst of a father far-fetched theory of their origin, Descartes incorporated a detailed description, from actual observation, of a variety or kinds of snow crystals and hail particles. These even include the tsuzumi crystals, described as “wheels joined two by two by a...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000023261 2024-03-03T08:46:06+00:00 Early Discoverers XXXI: Descartes’ Observations on the Amsterdam Snowfalls of 4, 5, 6 and 9 February 1635 Frank, F.C. 1974 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000023261 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000023261 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 13, issue 69, page 535-539 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1974 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000023261 2024-02-08T08:32:56Z In Les météores (1637), in the midst of a father far-fetched theory of their origin, Descartes incorporated a detailed description, from actual observation, of a variety or kinds of snow crystals and hail particles. These even include the tsuzumi crystals, described as “wheels joined two by two by an axle” or as “little crystal columns decorated at each end with a six-petalled rose”, and such exceptional forms as twelve-rayed and eight-rayed stars. The accompanying diagrams, which have been reproduced a number of times, are distinctly inferior to his verbal description. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Descartes ENVELOPE(141.478,141.478,-66.779,-66.779) Journal of Glaciology 13 69 535 539 |
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In Les météores (1637), in the midst of a father far-fetched theory of their origin, Descartes incorporated a detailed description, from actual observation, of a variety or kinds of snow crystals and hail particles. These even include the tsuzumi crystals, described as “wheels joined two by two by an axle” or as “little crystal columns decorated at each end with a six-petalled rose”, and such exceptional forms as twelve-rayed and eight-rayed stars. The accompanying diagrams, which have been reproduced a number of times, are distinctly inferior to his verbal description. |
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