Bentley, W. A (Wilson Alwyn) 1865-1931 Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 2 Color: Color ; Size: 9 3/8w x 11 6/8h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper
Type:
Pictorial works
Document
Paper
Place:
United States
Date:
1902
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
SIA2011-0984 (cover), SIA2011-0985 (page 1).
Summary:
Cover page and first page of Wilson A. Bentley's "Studies Among the Snow Crystals" from 1902. Bentley, who invented the technique of microphotography of snowflakes and took thousands of images throughout his life, donated many of his snowflake photographs to the Smithsonian Institution in 1904.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 31, Box 12, Folder 18: Bentley, Wilson A., 1902. Article on structure of snow crystals, including photographs