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100 1 _aWarren, Israel P.
_q(Israel Perkins),
_d1814-1892
245 1 0 _aSnow-flakes
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2026-02-15
508 _aTim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Snow-flakes" by Israel P. Warren is a devotional natural history tract written in the mid-19th century. It examines snow’s crystal forms and winter landscapes to draw moral and theological lessons, blending simple natural description with Scripture, anecdotes, and poetry to kindle wonder and reverence for the Creator. The opening of this tract sets a modest aim: accurate, nontechnical sketches of snow-crystals drawn chiefly from Nettis, Scoresby, and Glaisher, with practical advice for observing flakes on a chilled pane of glass. Early chapters explain three basic crystal types (prismatic, pyramidal, lamellar) and their endless hexagonal variations, note broad weather links to different forms, and emphasize their precise symmetry, purity, and beauty as signs of divine order. Brief essays then move from grace and beauty to weakness and power—showing the flake’s fragility, its cumulative might in storms and drifts, and the cheer of sleighs and schoolyard play alongside winter’s perils—before turning to beneficence: snow as reservoir for great rivers, an insulating and light-brightening mantle, and a layered alpine cover that protects plant life. Throughout, Scripture texts and poems punctuate the observations, tying natural facts to spiritual reflections. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cBoston: American Tract Society, 1863
653 _aChristian life
653 _aGift books
653 _aSnowflakes
653 _aSnow -- Literary collections
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/snowflakeschapte00warriala/page/n7/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77946
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