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▼ersitv of rpgiilar ami bcniitiful forms. Scoresby ile- scribeil niiu'ty-.six varitiies of conibiiiation ; and tlu-y probably amount to several humlrcds. Siiow-Hakes are understtMxl to beloni; to the liexajjonal system of crystals. Koratz remarks that flakes which fall at the same time have generally the same form; luit if there is an interval l)etween two consecntivc falls of snow, the forms of the secoiiil are observetl to differ from those of the first, al- though always alike amonj; themselves. The tempera- ture and density of the atinosphere have douLtless an influence upon their structures. Some have thought that the expression " Ireusures of the snow" in Job xxxviii. '2'2 has reference to these variegated forms (Kitto. I'irt. Jiihlf, ad loc).
The substance whicli has received the name of i-ed or criiiiisoii-O'loreil siioir is cominon in all alpine districts; yet no one ever pretends to have seen this kind of snow fall. This substance has been observed by Koss. Parry, and others in the .\rctic regions; anil even green snow- was observed about an inch beneath the white by the French Kxpedition at Spitzbergen. I'rof. Jl. Ch. !Mar- tius and his companions in the I'Vench Kxpedition coii- cludeil generally that the red and green granides of colored snow are one and the same microscopic plant in different stages of development : that red is the color of the primitive state, which afterwards becomes green under the influence of light and air. This very mi- nute red or crimson-colored plant, sometimes called the I'alme/lii ninili.i, tiuds nourishment on the surface of the snow within the limits of perpetual congelation; it is also fomid covering long patches of snow in the Alps and Pyrenees. See Schlichter, iJe Xive cjusque Usu A nti'jii'i ill:i\. 17:W). SeeFKo.sr; Icn.
Sno'W, Jonathan M., a minister of the ^fethodist Episcopal Church. w.Ts horn in l^lontpelier, Vt.. Oct. .30, 1H09. He embraced religion and juinod the Church when seventeen, and in lKi8 was admitted into the Il- linois Conference. In 1H,52 he locaicil. but in 1859 he was admitted into the Wisconsin Couferen<'c and grant- ed a superannuated relation, which continued until his death, in Chicago, April 30, 18G2. See M iiintes oJ'An- unill f 'on f el flirts, 18G"2, p. 218.
Snow^, William, a minister of tlie ^lethodist Epis- copal Church, was born in Providence, N. -J., .July 14, 1783. He joined the New York Conference in 1807; located in l«l«; in 1831 re-entered the itinerancy; but in 1«3.') became superannuated, and remained such until his dcith. in (ienesee, \. Y., .Itdy (i. 1871. See Minutes of' . 1 1, mini ('mi/'erence.i, 1871, |). 1 .")7.
Snow, "William T., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Providence, K. I., about 1803. In 182(5 he embraced religion, was licensed to preach, and s<K)n after joined the ( )hio Conference. For a nund)er of years he labored in the moimtains of West- ern Virt:inia, Soiitheru Ohio, and the wilds of Michigan. In 1830 37 his luallh failed, ami he retired from active work, residing in Oakland County, Mich,, an<l preaching to the Indians as his strength permitted. He died Oct. 16, 187.'>. .See Minnhs of Ann. Conf. 187.'), p. 146.
Sno'wden, James Ross, I-I..I)., an eminent elder of ihi' Presbyterian Chunli, was born in Philadelphia, Pa„ in 1810. For many years he was |)rominently con- necteil with the affairs of I'eimsylvania, having repeat- ctlly been elected to the Legi.slniure of the state, where he served two terms in the speaker's chair. He subse- quently lilleil the positions of state tn a^urer, treasurer of the Knifed Stales Mint, and assistant-treasurer of the United .Slates at Philadelphia. In 1«.")8 he was ap- pointed director of the United Suies Mint, and held that position till 1861, His con!iec!tion with the mint led him to Miudy mimismalics with great thorouglmess, anil he was the author of several important works on the subject. In IKOI he published Tin: Coins of the UMr. and its Mimry Terms. In 1868 he contributed the ariicle on the coins of the United States to IJouvicr's Imw Dictioniinj, also several addresses on currency, coin-
age, and other kindred subjects. He contributed a num- ber of articles to the New York Observe?- on The Coins of the Bible, Kvidencinfi the Truth of the Scripture Testi- mony. Mr. Snowden frequently represented the Phila- del|)hia Presbytery in the General Assembly. He died in Hulmeville, Pa'., in March, 1878. (W. P. S.)
Snowden, L. D., a minister of the Methodist Epis- copal ( 'hurch. was horn in Howard County, ]Md,, in ]82(). In 1807 he was admitted on trial in the Washington Conference; was ordained deacon in 1869, and elder in- 1871. He died in Homney, West Ya., Dec. 5, 1875. See Miiiiiti:< ot' Annual ('oiiferences, 1876, p. 31.
Snow^den, Samuel Finley, a Presbyterian min- ister, was born in Philadelphia, Pa,, Nov. 6, 1767. He graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1786; studied theology privately; was licensed to preach by the New Brunswick Presbytery, April 24, 1794; was ordained and installed jjastor of the Church in Princeton Nov. 25 of same year; resigned, on account of ill-health, April 29, 1801 ; was afterwards settled successively at Whites- borough, New Hartford, and Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. ; and died in May, 1845. See Sprague, Annuls of the Amer. Pulpit, iii, 341, note.