Art-studies from nature, as applied to design : for the use of architects, designers, and manufacturers . Fig. 33- base of these must be referred to the hexagon, as shown at Fig. mostr highly elaborate of our illustrations, shown at Fig. 33,exhibited a succession of planes raised one above another, thecentre of each radial arm intersected by a slender crystalline shaftladen with delicate prisms. Fig. 35 preserves more the form of CRYSTALS OF SNOW. 149 the ordinary hexagon, and was cut very regularly into Figs. 34 and 35 we were unable to observe the exact disposi-tion of the ra
Art-studies from nature, as applied to design : for the use of architects, designers, and manufacturers . Fig. 33- base of these must be referred to the hexagon, as shown at Fig. mostr highly elaborate of our illustrations, shown at Fig. 33,exhibited a succession of planes raised one above another, thecentre of each radial arm intersected by a slender crystalline shaftladen with delicate prisms. Fig. 35 preserves more the form of CRYSTALS OF SNOW. 149 the ordinary hexagon, and was cut very regularly into Figs. 34 and 35 we were unable to observe the exact disposi-tion of the raised surfaces, and have delineated the outline only :. Fig. 34- these figures fell, with several others far more complicated, duringthe continuance of a very unusual degree of cpjd for theselatitudes. 15o ART-STUDIES FROM NATURE. II. We have thus far endeavoured to show the true bases ofconstruction, and how that crystallization proceeds onwardsfrom the simple forms to the more complex, and have selectedfrom numerous varieties a few of the best types illustrativeof this progress. Our limits will scarcely permit us furtherto individualise these beautiful creations ; yet, not to mislead,it is necessary to refer to an intermediate order, in which thehexagon star is laden with divergent spiculae between groupsof prisms. Fig. 36, selected from this very numerous class offigures, was one of several observed during the cold weather,following upon the general thaw, which terminated the long-continued and severe frost of 1855. The spiculae were icicle-like,of the utmost delicacy, opaque, and well defined; the prisms, onthe contrary, were watery, a
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