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W. A. Bentley

(Bentley, W. A. (Wilson Alwyn), 1865-1931)

Wilson Bentley photographing snowflakes on his farm in Vermont.

Wilson Alwyn Bentley (February 9, 1865 – December 23, 1931), also known as Snowflake Bentley, was an American meteorologist and photographer, who was the first known person to take detailed photographs of snowflakes and record their features. He perfected a process of catching flakes on black velvet in such a way that their images could be captured before they either melted or sublimated, and elaborated the theory that no two snowflakes are alike. (From Wikipedia)

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Thompson, Jean M. (Jean May), 1865-

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Books about W. A. Bentley:

Filed under: Bentley, W. A. (Wilson Alwyn), 1865-1931

The History of Jericho, Vermont (Burlington, VT: Free Press Printing Co., 1916), ed. by Chauncey H. Hayden, Luther C. Stevens, Lafayette Wilbur, and S. H. Barnum (multiple formats at archive.org)

Books by W. A. Bentley:

Bentley, W. A. (Wilson Alwyn), 1865-1931, illust.: Water Wonders Every Child Should Know: Little Studies of Dew, Frost, Snow, Ice and Rain (New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1907), by Jean M. Thompson, also illust. by Mary Cynthia Dickerson
- multiple formats at Google; US access only
- page images at HathiTrust

Additional books by W. A. Bentley in the extended shelves:

Bentley, W. A. (Wilson Alwyn), 1865-1931: Snow crystals (McGraw-Hill, 1931), also by W. J. Humphreys (page images at HathiTrust)
Bentley, W. A. (Wilson Alwyn), 1865-1931: Studies of frost and ice crystals. ([Washington, 1907) (page images at HathiTrust)

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