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An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites With a List of the Meteorites Represented in the Collection

British Museum (Natural History). Department of Mineralogy; Fletcher, L. (Lazarus), 1854-1921· 12 chapters· 38,615 words

In the accompanying list, the topographical arrangement has been continued for those meteorites of which the circumstances of the fall are without satisfactory record. This mode of arrangement brings near together fragments which have been found in the same district at differe...

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3. These falls from the sky, when credited at all, have been deemed prodigies or miracles, and the stones have been regarded as objects for reverence and worship. It has even be...

5. Part 5

57. But long after the cosmic origin of meteorites had been generally acknowledged, the atmospheric origin of the shooting stars was still asserted, and it was not till the wond...

4. Part 4

40. A structure analogous to that shown by the Widmanstätten figures, though on a finer scale, has been observed by Prof. J. O. Arnold and Mr. A. McWilliam[17] in cast steel con...

3. Part 3

In the case of the Butsura fall of May 12, 1861,[12] fragments of the stone were picked up three or four miles apart, and, wonderful to say, it was possible to reconstruct with...

9. Part 9

1. Part 1

In the accompanying list, the topographical arrangement has been continued for those meteorites of which the circumstances of the fall are without satisfactory record. This mode...

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6. Part 6

74. The examination and classification of the spectra of the stars has likewise led to remarkable conclusions. Secchi, following Rutherfurd, found that the stars could be distri...

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8. Part 8

12. Part 12

The italics used for pane numbers in side notes and the catalogue have not been marked with underline characters to improve the readability of the text. The printed edition also...