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PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE 



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JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. ? 



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XLIII. Observations on Meteorolites or Aerolites , considered Geo- 

 graphically, Statistically, and Cosmically, accompanied by a 

 complete Catalogue. By R. P. Greg*. 



IT is many years since any attempt has been made to give a 

 complete list of well-authenticated meteoric falls ; recently, 

 indeed, M. Partsch of Vienna has published an interesting ac- 

 count, as well as catalogue, of the meteoric irons and stones in 

 the Imperial Museum of that city ; and Professor Shepard of the 2^^ 



United States has also given us a list of the meteorites in his 

 own collection, as well as a thesis on American meteorites; but 

 I am ignorant of anything approaching a complete or compen- 

 dious catalogue of the falls of these bodies. 



The accompanying catalogue has been carefully compiled from 

 various sources f; where possible, concise particulars, not only as 

 to date and locality are given, but mention is also made of weights, 

 specific gravity, appearances, &c. ; and several analytical and sta- 

 tistical tables are added, which may not be without importance 

 in the present as well as future consideration of this subject. 



Great care has been taken to avoid erroneous dates or con- 

 fusion of localities ; and queries are occasionally annexed, where 

 there wants evidence to establish fully the authenticity or cor- 

 rectness of the fall. 



* Communicated by the Author. 



t Such as old volumes of the Philosophical Transactions; the Philoso- 

 phical Magazine ; Brewster's Encyclopaedia, article "Meteorite"; Partsch's, 

 Shepard's and Chladni's Catalogues ; the volumes of the British Associa- 

 tion ; Silliman's Journal ; Comptes Rendus ; Annates de Chimie et de Phy- 

 sique, vol. xxxi. ; Nicholson's Journal of Philosophy; Professor Clark's 

 Thesis on Iron Meteoric Masses ; and sundry other periodicals, both scien- 

 tific and literary. 



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