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_ Arr. XV.—Memoir on Meteorites—A Description of five new 
Meteoric Irons, with some theoretical considerations on the 
ongin of Meteorites based on their Physical and Chemical 
characters ; by J. Lawrence Smrru, M.D., Professor of Chemis- 
try in the Medical Department of the University of Louisville. 
(Read before the American Association for the Advancement of Science, April, 1854.) 
1. Meteoric Iron Jrom Tazewell County, East Tennessee.* 
T'HIs meteorite was placed in my possession through the kind- 
- of Prof. J. B. Mitchell of Knoxville, in the month of August, 
. 
Nothing could be ascertained as to the time of its fall; it is stated 
‘Mong the people living near where the meteorite was found, that 
a light has been often seen to emanate from and rest upon the 
hill,a belief that may have had its foundation in the observed 
fall this body. 
The Weight of this meteorite was fifty-five pounds. It is ofa 
flattened shape, with numerous conchoidal indentations, and three 
annular Openings passing through the thickness of the mass near 
: _* Notice of the discovery of this iron was given by me in 1853.—v. Ls, 
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_ Stooxn Sauzes, Vol, XIX, No. 56—March, 1865. 
