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oxyd of iron that corresponded to 94-57 per cent, of metallic 

 iron ; and the solution possessed an intensely azure blue color, 

 which I ascertained to proceed chiefly from the presence of cop- 

 per, though nickel and cobalt were also both detected in the 

 liquid. This little meteorite, therefore, contains the following ele- 

 ments: — iron, copper, nickel, cobalt, sulphur, carbon, tin? and 

 possibly chromium. 



Notwithstanding this specimen comes from the same county 

 with the Burlington iron, still its peculiar physical and chemical 

 properties, leave no doubt of it having formed a totally indepen- 

 dent body ; and for aught that yet appears, two hundred and sev- 

 enty-six grains in weight constitutes the totality of the fall ! 



Appendix to Class I. 



a. Grayson county \ Virginia. — A meteoric iron is referred to 

 by Prof. J. W. Rogers, as existing in this county, and in which he 

 found 6-15 per cent, of nickel. Vol xliii, p. 169, (1842.) 



b. Roanoke county r , Virginia. — A meteoric iron is mentioned 

 by Prof. W. B. Rogers as existing in Roanoke county, in which 

 he detected the presence of chlorine. Vol. xliii, p. 169, (1842.) 



c Franconia, New Hampshire. — The following note from 

 Robert Gilmore, Esq. of Baltimore, leads me to believe that a 

 mass of meteoric iron was obtained by this gentleman, ten or 

 twelve years ago in New Hampshire. H It was supposed by Dr. 

 J- F. Dana (late Prof, of Chemistry in Dartmouth College) to be 

 native iron. I purchased it at a village about twelve miles this side 

 pf the notch of the White mountains, of a person who told me, that 

 it was found under the roots of a large tree, which was overturned 

 upon the banks of a small stream in his neighborhood. He in- 

 formed me that the blacksmith who had tried it, found it to be 

 pure iron, and that he had refused to dispose of it to Dr. Dana, 

 who was desirous of purchasing it. I tempted him, however, 

 b y a proposal of a higher offer than he had before had made for 

 rtj and obtained the mass. The tree, under whose roots it was 

 found, must have been fifty or one hundred years old. I had pre- 

 sented the mass (whose weight was about fifteen pounds) to the 

 Baltimore Academy of Science, in whose keeping it was lost 

 Sl ght of, during the destruction of their building by fire." 



(To be continued.) 



