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VI. ObferVations on the Figures of Snow, the 
(I(e'rerend Benj. Langwith, T>. T>, ^Hor of 
Petworch in Suffex. In a Letter to Sr. Jurin, 
5^. S. Seer. 
O N the 30th of January laft, fomething paft Nine 
in the Morning, Weather cold, Wind South- 
wefterly, but not very high, Barometer above thirty 
Inches, I faw that pretty Phenomenon of the Star-like 
Snow, and tho’, upon comparing my Obfervations af- 
terwards with thofe of Defcarter, Dr. Grew^ and 
Mr. Morton^ I find I have but little to add upon the 
Subjed ^ yet, as I obferv’d the Progrefs of Nature in 
this fort of Cryflallization, with a great deal of Plea- 
fure, I hope it will not be difagreeable to you to re- 
ceive an Account of it. 
I fhall begin with the moft fimple Figures A and B, 
(VI. I. Fig. 3.) of which the former is a roundifh Pellet 
of Ice 5 thefecond, a fmall oblong Body, with parallel 
Sides, which is often as fine as a Hair. Of this latter 
kind the Flakes of Snow chiefly confift, and tho* they 
look white to the Eye, yet when view’d with a fmall 
Magnifier of a Microfeope, they appear like fo many 
tranfparent Needles of Ice thrown together, without any 
Manner of Order. 
The next Figure is C, in which the Pellet has fiiot 
out fix of thofe final! Bodies of equal Length, and fet 
at equal Angles : Of this kind I faw a confiderable 
Number, 
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