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The following table contains some of the other most re- 

 markable cases of falling stones, which have occurred, 

 with the authorities for each. 



One curious hypothesis has been advanced in relation 

 to meteoric stones, which we cannot refrain from noti- 

 cing before closing our remarks on this part of our sub- 

 ject. We ofi'er it, not as a satisfactory explanation of the 

 phenomena, but as a specimen of the ingenuity with 

 which philosophers have sought to explain the wonderful 

 appearances of nature. 



It had long been known that between Mars and Jupi- 

 ter, in the solar system, there was a large space entirely 

 unoccupied by any discovered planet. The attention of 



