of Meteoric Iron n^hich has yet been discovered in Europe. 4-09 

 vered by Sniithson Tennant at the Cape of Good Hope, is a 

 further proof that the Bitburg mass was not originally pro- 

 duced from the furnace; the more so, since it was merely 

 smelted, and not actually refined. 



6. In justification of the title of this memoir, we beg lea^e 

 to observe that the solid iron-mass found by Pa las weighed 

 UOO pounds ; that which fell in 1751, near Hradschina, only 

 71 ViLna pounds; that at Elbogen, m Bohemia, 191 pounds; 

 that of 1814, at Lenarto, in Hungary, 194. pounds. 



It is true that the mass which is the subject ot the present 

 observations, although between 3300 and 3400 pounds, is 

 creatlv surpassed by those found in various parts ot America, 

 which are stated at 14,000, 30,000, and 40,000 pounds. 



GiBBS on the Native Meteoric Iron found near Bitburg. Com- 

 iminicated by Dr. Nceggerath. 

 It could not but be interesting to me to obtain a particular 

 account from Colonel Gibbs respecting this substance, as he 

 seems to have been the only scientific person who had seen 

 t in its original state. In the foregoing article -e wei-e no 

 able to insdtute a comparison betv^^en his account and oui 

 own but since then, I have received, through the lunchiess of 

 Professor Hausmann of Gottingen, a copy ot Col. Gibbs s 

 desc'ption inserted in the American Mineralogical Journal 

 conducted by Archibald Bruce, voh i. no. 4 p. ^18. Alter 

 some rSnarks on the meteoric iron found m Louisiana, Col. 

 Gibbs proceeds thus: . • i i 



"The appearance of this interesting specimen reminded me 

 of a mass which I met with in the year 180,5, m a mmeralo- 

 ccal excursion through the Ardennes in 1 ranee. It lay on 

 Sietay to Bitburg, in die department dcs Fa>-ets, and weighed, 



^' :Th:?!;;;rt;^4fople3cf^me that it had formerly stood on 



the top of a neighbouring hill, and had been rolled down to 



where it then wal Theniflficultyof breaking it for the furnace 



Ins the means of preserving it, and it is probably thei-e s h 



As I had fortunately taken a specimen, I analysed it, and 



ft^und nickel likewise; which proved it to be native uor^ 



The ms had a glol>ular form, the peasants having cut off 



le ech-es It wat in some places semi-hard ; other par s gave 



snarls" w th steel : it was perfectly compact, and in other le- 



Ee f^ similar to the iron-mass iound in Louisiana -I must 



£sene" continues Col. Gibbs, " that the mass Iound in Si her a 



;;S- rs in some particulars from those ol Louisiana and B.^ 



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