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[Additional note on the fall of meteorites in St. Amand.] Compt. 

 Bend. t. Ixxix. pp. 277, 278. 

 Announces the discovery of 4 more stones belonging to this fall, 

 making 6 in all. 



Dat7bk£e, G. a. Observations relatives a la Meteorite do Eoda, 



Compt. Rend. t. Ixxix. pp. 1509-1511. 

 Noticed at p. 218 with the paper by Pisani. 



Geinitz, H. B., and E. Geinitz. Ueber ein neues meteoreisen. Sitz- 

 nngsb. Isis, Dresden, pp. 5, 6. 



Meteoric iron of Eisenberg, Saxe-Allesburg, Germany (1873 ?). A 

 block of metal, weighing 1-579 kilog., was found at the foot of the 

 Schneckcnberg, north of Eisenberg. It contains 97*27 per cent, of iron, 

 but neither nickel nor cobalt. W. F. 



Gibbons, — . Note on the Cranbourne Meteorite. Trans. Boy. Soc. 



Yict. x. pp. 130, 131. 



GoEBEL, Mag. Ad. Bericht iiber einen neuen Eisenmeteoriten vom 



Ufer der Angora aus dem Gouv. Jenisseisk. [New meteoric iron 



from Siberia.] Mel. Phys. Chim. t. ix. pp. 95-109, two woodcuts 



of the meteorite. (From Bull. t. xix. pp. 544-554.) 



Describes a mass of meteoric iron found in 1873 near the river 



Angora, in the Government of Jenisseisk. It weighs 12 pud (= 



433 lbs.), and contains : — iron, with traces of calcium, cobalt, carbon, 



and insoluble- crystalline residue, 92-G346, nickel 7*1038, magnesium 



0-0565, silicon 0-0421, phosphorus 0-1630,=100. . F. W. B. 



. Ueber die neuerdings gegen den kosmischen Ursprung des 



Pallas-Eisen erhobenen Zweifel, nebst einerWiderlegung derselben. 

 [Cosmic origin of the Pallas iron.] Mel. Phys. Chim. t. ix. pp. 

 131-174. (From Bull. t. xx. pp. 100-130.) 

 A critical examination of the objections recently urged against the 

 meteoric origin of the iron found in Siberia by Pallas. The St. Peters- 

 burg Academy caused the locality in which it was found to be explored 

 in 1873rby*Herr Lopatin, whose preliminary report is here published. 

 •^ F.W. B. 



LuANCO, Josi B. Descripcion ylanalisis de los aerolitos que cayeron 

 en Cangas de Onis (Asturias) en G de Diciembre de 18G6. An. 

 Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. vol. iii. part 1. 

 Analyzes and describes the aerolites which fell at Cangas de Onis, 

 in Asturias, Dec. G, 18G6. One of these weighs 11 kilograms ; and, 

 according to analysis, their composition is 38-8 per cent, iron, 34*4 silica, 

 9-G magnesia, 2-5 lime, 2 sulphur, 1-9 alumina, 1-1 soda, 1 nickel, besides 

 less amounts of potash, phosphorus, chlorine, ammonia, manganese, and 

 organic matter. • J. M'P. 



Medlicott, H. B. Becord of the Khairpur meteorite of 23rd Sept. 



1873. Joum. As. Soc. Peng. pt. ii. no. 2, pp. 33-38. ' 

 This meteorite fell in several pieces near Multan, Punjab. These 

 stones, of which 30 lbs. weight have been found, have the usual steel- 



