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snowflakes are alike” stems from a line in a

1 2 3 4 5 6 1925 report in which he remarked: “Every 17 Identify the word that is OPPOSITE in
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7 8 9 10 11 12 crystal was a masterpiece of design and no meaning to 'accrued' in (5).
one design was ever repeated.”
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She had amassed a number of rare
19 20 21 22 23 24 Bentley's story had its genesis (2) in a
paintings over the years. She collected
25 26 27 28 29 30 microscope that his mother gave him at age
works that were so unique that she had
fifteen. A lover of winter, he made plans to
31 32 33 34 35 36 to pay a lot of money to build the
use his microscope to view snowflakes.
37 38 39 40 41 42 collection. She did thorough research on
When his father purchased a camera for
43 44 45 46 47 48 the works she bought to ensure that the
him, Wilson combined it with his
quality would not be compromised. No
49 50 51 52 53 54 microscope, and went on to make his first
wonder she was heartbroken when she
55 56 57 58 59 60 successful photomicrograph of a snow
distributed the paintings amongst her
crystal.
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friends when she was forced to move to
Answered In addition to the development of the a new city.
Marked for review hardware, Bentley also had to devise a
protocol (3) to transport snow crystals to
the camera’s field of vision. He identified a
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suitable crystal and lifted it onto a pre-
cooled slide with a thin wood splint and
nudged (4) it into place with a turkey
feather.
With 70-75 photographs per storm and

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