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A diver viewed from below who appears inside of Snell's window. Snell's window (also called Snell's circle [1] or optical man-hole [2]) is a phenomenon by which an underwater viewer sees everything above the surface through a cone of light of width of about 96 degrees. [3] This phenomenon is caused by refraction of light entering water, and is ...
The E. B. White Read Aloud Award was established in 2004 by The Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC) to honor books that its membership felt embodied the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the author E. B. White. In 2006 the award was expanded into two categories:
Snell was born in Laddonia, Missouri on November 12, 1878 to James and Sarah Knight-Snell. [1] Snell wrote several juvenile fiction books. While he mostly concentrated on stories for boys there was at least one series of mysteries for girls. He also wrote under the pen names of David O'Hara, James Craig and Joseph Marino. [2]
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Gordon Snell is a British author of children's literature [3] and scriptwriter. [4] He was married to Irish author Maeve Binchy from 1977 until her death in 2012. [ 5 ] He lives in the home that he shared with his late wife in Dalkey , outside of Dublin , Ireland .
He would read his work aloud to her as well as any children around in order to gain feedback on a particular piece. [6] Lydia too became a well-known artist in her later life. In his autobiography Come One, Come All! , [ 7 ] Don humorously admits that of the two, she was the better (watercolor) artist.
Martin Edge (op cit, p223) observes "I was once under the impression that the deeper you went the more [of snell's window] could be included [in the photograph]. This is incorrect! To photograph the full circle you need a fisheye lens equivalent to a 12mm lens on a 35mm format."
Lionel Snell is an English writer, magician, and publisher. He has released numerous works on the subjects of magic and philosophy under various pen names , and is most famously known as Ramsey Dukes .