Tag: Snow

• Historical Figures: Wilson Bentley, The Man Who Photographed Snowflakes

  

  With winter well and truly settled in, many places have been experiencing snowfall. Some places in the UK narrowly missed out on having snow on Christmas Day, bringing a much-desired White Christmas. Snowflakes bring many people joy for their crisp, clean coating of the land. School children learn how to cut out snowflake shapes from…

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  January 15, 2021

  Historical Figures, Seasonal

  American History, history, Meteorology, nineteenthcentury, Photograph History, Photographs, Photography, Snow, Snowflakes, Weather, Winter

• When The Thames Froze Over: The ‘Little Ice Age’ Thames Frost Fairs

  

  Between roughly 1300 – 1850, the world experienced the ‘Little Ice Age’, where there was significant cooling in global temperatures. Temperatures and the effects varied from region to region and year to year, but there were 3 significant intervals of particular cold, c. 1650, c. 1770, and c. 1850. In England, this resulted in particularly…

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  November 30, 2017

  Seasonal

  Christmas, Early Modern, Early Modern England, Early Modern History, Early Modern Winter, English History, history, Medieval England, Medieval History, Medieval Winter, Regency, Regency England, Snow