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THE 
PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE, 
OCTOBER 1708. 
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I. Objervations on a Mafs.of Iron found in Siberia by Pro~ 
feffor Pallas, and on other Maffes of the like Kind, with 
fome. Conjectures refpeéting their Conneéttion with certam 
natural Phenomena, -By. Profeffor CHLADNI of Wit- 
tenberg. 
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tf HE mafs of iron found in Siberia by Pallas, and de- 
icribed in the third volume of his Travels*, is, in many 
refpects, fo like the maffes defcribed by Buchholzt, Rubin. 
de Celist, Dr. Lober§, Nauwerk |], and others, that there 
is great reafon to conclude, they have all had a fimilar 
origin. This feems alfoto be in fome meafure confirmed by 
acircumftance mentioned by Pallas, who fays, that the Tar- 
tars confidered the mafs to which he alludes, as a facred 
relick that had dropped from heaven. 
The problematic mafs in queftion was found between 
Krafnojarfk and Abekanfk in the high flate mountains, quite 
open and uncovered. It weighed 1600 pounds ; had a very 
%* Page 311, 
‘+ Naturforfcher, part iv. page 227. 
} Philofoph. Tranfaétions, vol. Ixxviii. part i. page 37- 
§ Berl. Sanmlangen, vol. vii. page 523. 
|| Crell’s Beytr. zud, a Annalen, vol, i. part ii. page 86- 
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