Abstract

IN order to show the over-cooling of water and to allow the free development of its crystals, I endeavoured to introduce in the over-cooled water a piece of ice put in a finely drawn-out glass tube. The experiment, carried out the first time by Mr. Michael Iwanow, gave an unexpected result; when the crystallisation reached the end of the tube, an ice-crystal having the shape of a hexagonal star, and very similar to the characteristic snow-crystals at this point, began to grow.

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