120 Scientific Intelligence. 
369,) are also mentioned by Dr. J. L. Smith in his Memoir on Mel 4 
ites, published in the last number of the same Journal, March, 1855, in 
by Lieut. Jno. G. Parke, of the U. S. Topographical Engineers. Sey- — 
eral months ago | had finished the following . analyses of the same mete- 
orite, (which will be found to agree very well with those of Dr. Smith) 
but various circumstances have heretofore prevented my presenting tothe 
Academy the results of my examinations, which were made with pieces 
taken from the wapdiy presented to the collection of the Academy of 
Natural Sciences, by eermann. 
o the descriptions of this meteorite Sen = ~~ C. U. Shepard 
and Dr. J. L. Smith, I —_ . add only a 
. The pieces whic h I ‘have examined were Tait: ace as Prof. Shep- 
~~~ -ard remarks, but sionedased sonst a in nitric acid, and also immediately 
pre cipitated metallic copper from the solution of the sulphate. On dis- 
i. it in chlorohydric acid, only a slight odor of carburetied hydro: 
reeptible, and no gas evolved, which precipitated an ammo 
f phiorid of copper ; a very er quantity of Schre- 
ed in form of a brownish pow 
On ae ofithe solution by nitric acid i in a water-bath and sub- 
ances we a small residue of siliceous ma 
This dissolved aoe, a b voila onate of soda, leaving a resi- 
due, which I took for a fel spathie ns eS quantity obtained, — 
careful to obtain the whole quantity of cobalt and nickel, and have there- 
fore not separated the sesquioxyd of iron by carbonate of baryta, which 
The following results were obtained 
; * 
It. Ill. 
Copper, : 0:008 not estimated. _ not estimated. 
Iren, ¢ - 83:472. not estimated. 83:637 
Cobalt, oe OAD ty 0-366 
Nickel, - -» 9-441 8-689 id 
Chrome, + not estimated. 0-174 
Alumina, - - aces. traces. traces. 
Magnesia, - - 2:593 2030 2-147 
ime, - . 0-463 0-550 not estimated. 
“4 - not estimated. not estimated. eT 
Potash, - not estimated. not estimated; 0-098 
Phosphorus, - 0-103 not estimated, 0°150 
4169 
Silica, . - 2-889 not estimated. 
? Labradorite, - 1-046 — ieticktamae 
