94 M, Chladni's New Catalogue of Aerolites, [Aug. 



Lethy, in India. A gelatinous matter was found after- 

 wards. Barchewitz, 



1719.— Fall of sand in the Atlantic Sea (lat. 45° N. long. 

 322° 450, accompanied by a luminous meteor. Mem, 

 de I'Acad.des Sciences, 1719, Hist. p. 23. This sand 

 deserves to be examined with more attention. 



1721, towards the middle of March, Stutgard. — A meteor and 

 red rain in great quantity, according to a note written 

 • the 21st March by the Counsellor. Vischer. 



1737, 21st May. — A fall of earth attractable by the magnet, on 

 the Adriatic Sea, between Monopoli and Lissa. Zani- 

 chelli, in the Opuscolidi Calogera, vol. 16. 



1744. — Red rain at St. Pierre d' Arena, near Genoa. Richard. 



1755, 20th Oct. — On the island of Jetland, one of the Orkneys. 

 Black dust that did not come from Hecla. Philos, 

 Transac. vol. 50. 



1755, 13th Nov. — Redness of the sky and red rain in different 



, countries. Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. yo\, 2. i 



1763, 9th Oct. — Red rain at Cleves, at Utrecht, &c. Mercurio 

 Historico y Politico de Madrid^ Oct. 1764. 



1765, 14th Nov. — Red rain in Picardy. Richard. 



1781, in Sicily. — White dust not volcanic. Gioeni, Phil. Trans. 

 vol. 72. 



1792, 27th, 28th, and 29th August without interruption.— A 

 shower of a substance resembling cinders in the town 

 of Paz, in Peru. This phenomenon could not be 

 attributed to a volcano. Explosions were heard, and 

 the sky was observed to be illuminated. The dust 

 occasioned great disorders in the head, and produced 

 fever in several persons. Mercurio Peruano, vol. 6, 

 1792. 



1796, 8th March. — In Lusatia, after the fall of a ball of fire, a 

 viscous matter was found.^ Gilbert's Annals, vol. 5b, 



1803, 5th and 6th March, in Italy.— A fall of red dust, dry in 

 some places ; in others moist. Opuscoli Scelti, vol. 22. 



18^11, in July, near Heidelberg. — Fall of a gelatinous substance, 

 after the explosion of a luminous meteor. Gilbert's 

 Annals, vol. 66. 



1813, 13th and 14th March. — In Calabria, Tuscany, and 

 Friuli. A great fall of red dust and red snow, with 

 much noise. There fell at the same time some stones 

 at Cutro, in Calabria. Btbl. Brit. Oct. 1813, and 

 April, 1814. 



(Sementini found in the dust ; silica, 33 ; alumina, 

 15|-; lime, 11^; iron, 14^; chrome, 1; carbon, 



• I have a small portion which has the consistence, colour, and smell, of very dry 

 brownish varnish- I believe it to be composed principally of sulphur and carbon. 

 MM. Guyton — Morveau, and Blumenbach, also had portions of it. 



