Water Wonders Every Child Should Know
A WINTER SCENE
Oh come to the window, dear brother, and see
What a change has been made in the night;
The snow is all over the big cedar tree,
And the ground, too, is covered with white.
James Taylor.
WATER WONDERS EVERY
CHILD SHOULD KNOW
LITTLE STUDIES OF DEW,
FROST, SNOW, ICE AND RAIN
BY
JEAN M. THOMPSON
ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
BY WILSON A. BENTLEY
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NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1907, by
Doubleday, Page & Company
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian
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TO G. W. R.
I DEDICATE THIS LITTLE BOOK, AS AN EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION AND ESTEEM
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 NOTE
I am greatly indebted to Mr. Wilson A. Bentleyfor valuable assistance in the arrangement of thisbook, and particularly for permission to reproducethe microphotographs.Jean M. Thompson.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. When the Dew Falls 5
II. The Coming of the Hoar Frost 37
III. Etchings by Jack Frost 65
IV. Mysteries and Beauties of the Snow 97
V. Ice and Its Formation 169
VI. The Beneficent Rain 205
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 ILLUSTRATIONS
A Winter Scene Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
3. Grass blade with dew deposit 5
4. Showing how sharp-pointed grasses collect and retain the dewdrops 5
5. Grass blade holding two drops 5
6. Dewdrop on grass blade 5
7. Spider’s web entire 9
8. Detail section of spider’s web dew-laden 9
9. A dew-laden straw                        
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