Account of a Fall of Meteoric Stones. 53 



of Howard, Vauquelin, and Fourcroy. The analysis 

 was hasty, and intended only for the purpose of general 

 information. The exact proportions, and the steps of 

 the analysis, are reserved for more leisure, and may be 

 given to the philosophical world through another me. 

 dium. It is sufficient for the general reader to be in- 

 formed, that the stone appears to consist of the following 

 ingredients : silex, iron, magnesia, nickel, sulphur. 



The two first constitute by far the greater part of the 

 stone ; the third is in considerable proportion, but 

 much less than the others; the fourth is probably still 

 less, and the sulphur exists in a small but indeterminate 

 quantity. 



Most of the iron is in a perfectly metallic state; the 

 whole stone attracts the magnet, and this instrument 

 takes up a large portion of it when pulverized. Por- 

 tions of metallic iron may be separated, so large that 

 they can be readily extended under the hammer. Some 

 of the iron is in combination with sulphur in the pyrites, 

 and probably most of the iron is alloyed by nickeL 



It remains to be observed, that this account of the ap- 

 pearance of the stone accords very exactly with the des- 

 criptions, now become considerably numerous, of simi- 

 lar bodies which have fallen in other countries, at vari- 

 ous periods ; and with specimens which one of us has 

 inspected, of stones that have fallen in India, France, and 

 Scotland. The chemical analysis also proves that their 

 composition is the same, and it is well known to mine- 

 ralogists and chemists, that no such stones liave been 



