Talk:Wilson Bentley

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"Despite these poetic descriptions, Bentley brought a highly objective eye to his work"

Being poetic is not being objective, this statement is debatable with almost equal odds to both sides. I guess we must remove that statement Jeroje 05:13, 22 January 2007 (UTC)jeroje[reply]

@Jeroje: Agreed. WriteOfMight (talk) 06:41, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Erste Fotografie[edit]

Die ersten Schneeflocken wurden nachweislich vom dem aus Schleswig-Holstein stammenden Dr. Johann Heinrich Flögel (1834-1918) in Jahren 1879 und 1881 fotografiert. Siehe hier:[1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.246.8.11 (talk) 11:00, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
In English: The first snowflakes were demonstrably photographed by a native of Schleswig-Holstein Dr. Johann Heinrich Flögel (1834-1918) in 1879 and in 1881. See here: http://www.shz.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/artikeldetail/artikel/wem-gehoert-die-erste-foto-flocke.html --Itu (talk) 01:29, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps. Note that the article says Bentley was "one of the first" - not necessarily the very first. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 12:59, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]