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Yrs. after Christ. 
1807. A fall of stones at Weston in America.—Warden. 
1808, Ditto at Borgo Santo-Denino.—Guidotti. 
Stones fell near Staunern.—Klaproth and Vauquelin. 
Ditto near Lissa.—Klaproth. 
1809. Ditto on the coast of the United States of America.— 
Gaz. de France. 
1810. Ditto at Charsonville.—Pellieux. 
1811. Ditto near Pultawa.—Gaz. de France. 
Ditto at Berlanguillas,—Id. 
1812. Ditto in the environs of Grenada (near Toulouse), —~ 
Moniteur. 
Masses presumed to have fallen on the Earth. 
Iron as mentioned by Scaliger. 
Stone, which forms part of the collection of De Dree. 
Mass of native iron seen in Siberia by Pallas. 
Mass of iron at Otumpa seen by Rubin de Celis. 
Another mass of iron seen in America by Ditto. 
Native iron seen in several parts of Mexico by Humboldt. 
Ditto of Durango and Zacatecas.—Ditto. 
Ditto at the Cape of Good Hope.—Smithson Tennant. 
Ditto of Senegal seen by Adamson. 
Ditto at Aken by Leeber. 
Ditto in Bohemia mentioned by Born. ; 
Masses of iron found.near the Red River in Louisiana.—Gibbs, 
XCVI. Description of a Sofa invented by Mr. Samurt James, 
Surgeon, Hoddesdon, Herts, for the Use of Persons confined 
to Bed by Fractures or other Causes. 
P ROFESSIONAL men have long regretted the want of a machine 
to assist the practitioner in the proper treatment of afflicted 
persons, who, from fractures or other causes, may be confined 
to their beds, without any power of locomotion, or any substi- 
tute for it. 
Among the numerous improvements of the present age, the 
public will be highly gratified to learn that this useful desidera- 
tum has been at length accomplished by Mr. S. James, Surgeon, 
of Hoddesdon, Herts. After numerous trials, this is found to be 
the most complete machine ever invented for the relief of man- 
kind; combining the ease of a bed with a mechanical substitute 
- for locomotion. 
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