32 REPORT—1849, 
APPENDIX. 
Containing details from the original Records of Observations, communicated 
to Professor Powell by the respective Authors, referred to in the foregoing 
Catalogue. 
No. 1.—Fall of Meteorites at Stannern, near Blansko, Moravia, Nov. 25, 
1833. Note from W.W. Smytu, Esq. 
1. On the evening in question, the appearance of a brilliantly luminous 
meteor was accompanied by a loud report like that of a cannon, followed by 
a sound like the fire of musketry. M. Reichenbach obtained information 
from various quarters as to the angle under which the meteor was seen, and 
then searched diligently with sixty or seventy men for what they supposed 
must have fallen, till on the 11th day they discovered a meteorite, and after- 
wards two smaller stones. Their external colour was black, the internal gray ; 
the structure granular and full of metallic specks: they also attracted the 
magnetic needle. 
2. A meteorite which fell near Stannern in May 1808, was analysed by 
Von Holger, and was found to contain, though in very small quantity, tin 
and cerium, which had not before been discovered in similar bodies. The 
result of five analyses was as follows :— 
SST RS A a 0:488 
Protoxide of iron ........ 0°280 
PUT Vortec es «= 5 PME 0:039 
WIANGANESE ous 56s s.i0"s sc se 0:085 
EAMES rains os 5 = mists nsee.7 ising Ane 
Masnesip. i. siia1's'din'> ounce ae Cen. 
0:987 
The formula for the whole is 7fS?+2Al S°+2mg S?4+ MS2+2C S* 
for the gray constituent ...... (7£+2mg)S2 
for the white..............-. (2Al+M+2C)S? 
Baumgartner, Zeitschrift fiir Physik, 1834, and Leonhard and Bronn, 
Jahrbuch, 1836, p. 497. 
No. 2.—Meteorite of Braunau. Note from W. W. Smytn, Esq. 
M. Beinert of Charlottenbrunn, read before the Breslau Society an ac- 
count of the fall of meteorites at Braunau in Bohemia, and exhibited plans 
of the locality and a portion of the iron Schles. Arbeit. 1847. 
On the 14th of July, at a quarter to four a.m., the inhabitants of Braunau 
were roused by two violent explosions like heavy artillery, and as closely 
consecutive as the reports of a doubled-barreled gun, after which a rushing 
and hissing sound was audible for some minutes. The sky was very clear; 
but above the village of Hauptmannsdorf there was formed a small strip of 
black cloud, which suddenly seemed to grow red-hot and to dart out flashes 
of lightning in all directions, whilst at the same moment two fiery streaks 
seemed to fall to the earth. The cloud now assumed an ash-gray colour 
and rosette form, and after some time divided towards the N.E. and S.W., 
forming thin streaks which gradually disappeared. 
It was soon found that the “lightning” had struck the ground near Haupt- 
mannsdorf, about 1200 paces N.E. of Braunau, and there in a hole three feet 
in depth was a mass of iron which at ten A.M. was too hot to be touched with 
impunity. One Joseph Tepper, living in the village, had seen it fall, and 
gave his evidence on the subject before the authorities of Braunau. This 

