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E. A. Wulfing: Die Meteoriten in Sammlungen und ikre Literatur, 

 460 pp., 1897, Tiibingen. A catalogue of all meteorites then known, 

 with their distribution in collections, each with copious references. 



Catalogs and lists. — In addition to the foregoing the following 

 may be mentioned: 



Geoege T. Prior: Catalogue of meteorites with special refer- 

 ence to those represented in the collection of the British Museum 

 (Natural History), 196 pp., 1923. The catalog is intended to in- 

 clude all loiown meteorites, whether represented in the museum or 

 not, in most cases with condensed information as to history, dis- 

 tribution, etc. Useful for reference. 



Addie D. Nininger: First catalog of meteorite discoveries reported 

 to the Society for Kesearch on Meteorites from August 1933 to 

 June 1937. Popular Astronomy, vol. 45, pp. 451-454, 1937. A 

 catalog of 100 meteorites reported since the compilation of H. H. 

 Nininger (1933) to June 1937. Reprinted in Contrib. Soc. Res. 

 Meteorites, vol. 1, fasc. 3, pp. 41-45, 1937. 



Addie D. Nininger: Second catalog of meteoric faUs reported 

 to the Society for Research on Aleteorites from August 1936 to 

 December 1938. Popular Astronomy, vol. 47, pp. 211-214, 1939. 

 A list of 82 additional meteorites. Reprinted in Contrib. Soc. Res. 

 Meteorites, vol. 2, fasc. 2, pp. 96-101, 1939. 



Addie D. Nininger: Third catalog of meteoric falls (S. R. M. 

 Nos. 183-321) reported to the Society for Research on Meteorites 

 from January 1939 to October 1940. Popular Astronomy, vol. 48, 

 pp. 555-560, 1940. A list of 139 meteorites. 



A. L. Coulson: A catalogue of meteorites, as on August 1, 1939. 

 Mem. Geol. Surv. India, vol. 75, 346 pp., 6 pis. The latest compre- 

 hensive catalog including all known meteorites, with classified lists 

 showing types, dates of falls or finds, and geographical distribution. 



Bibliographies ; current literature. — The following are useful compi- 

 lations of the literature of meteorites of later dates than Cohen's 

 Meteoritenkunde : 



H. Michel: Fortschritte in der Meteoritenkunde seit 1900. Fort- 

 schritte Min., Krist. Petr., vol. 7, pp. 245-336, 1922. Abstracts 

 of new descriptions, new analyses, and other information. 



H. Heide: Fortschritte in der Meteoritenkunde. Fortschritte 

 Mm., Krist. Petr., vol. 21, pp. 225-275, 1937. Notes of new dis- 

 coveries and abstracts of descriptions. 



Chemical Abstracts: This great current compilation, with cumu- 

 lative indexes, includes abstracts of all published articles on meteorites 

 in all languages. It is accessible in many libraries and is the most 

 useful index to contemporary literature on the subject. 



