1887.] NEW TOKK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 7a 



The Carroll County meteorite was found in 1880, about three- 

 fourths of a mile from Eagle Station, Carroll County, Ken- 

 tucky. The distance to the Turner mounds, where Professor 

 Putnam found the meteoric iron and the ornaments made of it, 

 is about 60 miles. The mass, which weighs about 80 pounds, 



Fig. 2.— Carroll County Meteorite, upper side. H natural size. 



or 36.5 kilos (figs. 2 and 3), is almost square, measuring 

 IQ'^" (7i inches) in thickness, 22^=" (10 inches) in width and 

 29*^°* (12 inches) in length. The surface is rusted in some 

 places to a depth of 10 to 12™™, and deep pits, some 2'=™ 

 across, are observed in spots where grains of olivine have prob- 



