I mean, the guy didn’t know that water and ice are the same thing.
The summaries I find reference him theorizing that water may be spherical, leading to the hexagon pattern. He also related the feathery ends to steam hitting a cold window.
It seems to me that he knew that steam, water, and ice were the same thing.
Well, you’d be wrong. He thought they were different substances, one turning into another.
I really recommend finding the book and reading it. It’s short and fairly easy to read. IIRC it was written as a Christmas present for someone, not as a super serious scientific treatise.
The summaries I find reference him theorizing that water may be spherical, leading to the hexagon pattern. He also related the feathery ends to steam hitting a cold window.
It seems to me that he knew that steam, water, and ice were the same thing.
Well, you’d be wrong. He thought they were different substances, one turning into another.
I really recommend finding the book and reading it. It’s short and fairly easy to read. IIRC it was written as a Christmas present for someone, not as a super serious scientific treatise.