Ukichiro Nakaya
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Ukichiro Nakaya was a Japanese physicist and science essayist known for his work in glaciology and low-temperature sciences. He is credited with making the first artificial snowflakes.
Nakaya in 1946
Nakaya Ukichiro Museum of Snow and Ice (the hexagonal building, echoing the six-sided nature of snowflakes), at Katayamazu hot springs, Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan
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Snow is a form of solid atmospheric precipitation consisting of individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the air—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground, where they
Ukichiro Nakaya
…Nakaya in 1946 Born July 4, 1900 Kaga, Ishikawa Died April 11, 1962 (aged 61) Education University of Tokyo King's College London Known for Artificial snowflakes Scientific career Fields Physics Ukichiro Nakaya (中谷 宇吉郎, Nakaya Ukichirō; July 4, 1900 – April 11, 1962) was a Japanese physicist and science essayist…
Norwegian train plowing through drifted snow
Cold northwesterly wind over Lake Superior and Lake Michigan creating lake-effect snowfall
Freshly fallen snowflakes
An early classification of snowflakes by Israel Perkins Warren