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PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PART I THE SNOW CRYSTAL HISTORY TAKING THE SNOW CRYSTAL'S PICTURE SOME FACTS OF OBSERVATION CLASSIFICATION CIRCUMSTANCES OF OCCURRENCE MARKINGS SHAPES OF CAVITIES PARASITIC CRYSTALS PICTURE CRYSTALS CRYSTALLOGRAPHY OF THE SNOW CRYSTAL PECULIAR CRYSTALS PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ICE CRYSTAL "PART II THE SNOWFLAKE'S CLOSEST OF KIN, AND ITS COUSIN, THE DEWDROP" ICE FLOWERS WINDOWPANE FROST DEW AND FROST RIME GLAZE SLEET GRAUPEL