366 . eeport — 1878. 



Magnesia 23-16 



Soda 0-62 



Potash 0-15 



Iron 21-10 



Nickel 1-61 



Cobalt 0-17 



Phosphorus 001 



Sulphur 2-27 



Chlorine 004 



100-00 



Of these ingredients, 4 - 51 per cent, constitute magnetic pyrites, and 

 14'65 per cent, nickel-iron, the composition of which appears to be — 



Iron 90-78 



Nickel 8-29 



Cobalt 0-88 



Phosphorus 005 



100-00 



The portions (I.) gelatinisable with and (II.) unacted upon by acid 

 have the following composition : — 



I. II. 



Silicic acid 36-76 57-37 



Phosphoric acid 0-83 0-07 



Alumina 0-13 5-07 



Iron protoxide 20-35 8-03 



Nickel oxide 0-60 - — 



Manganese oxide — 0-63 



Lime 0-64 341 



Magnesia 40-47 23-54 



Soda 0-18 1-38 



Potash 016 0-23 



Chlorine 0-13 — 



100-25 99-73 



In the soluble portion the oxygen ratio of acids to bases is 2O08 : 

 21*16, and in the insoluble part 30*64 : 15 - 08. In addition to olivine 

 and bronzite, this meteorite appears to contain an insoluble felspar and a 

 little apatite. 



1877, May 17th, 7 a.m.—Hungen, between Steinheim and Borsdorf 

 Provinz, Oberhessen* 



An eye-witness of the fall of one of these meteorites states that, as 

 he was passing through a wood, on his way from Steinheim to Borsdorf, 

 he heard a noise as of thunder, although the sky was cloudless, followed 

 by a humming, hissing, whistling sound, such as would be caused by a 

 number of stones rapidly rushing among the trees. One stone struck a 

 pine tree close by him, severed a branch about the thickness of the finger, 

 and fell at his feet. It was some time before he could convince himself 

 that the object before him was not alive, but when he at last ventured to 

 raise it from the ground he found it was cold. 



Buchner visited the locality five months later and found a second stone, 

 weighing 26 grammes. The first must have weighed more than 86 



* O. Buchner and G. Tschermak, ' Mineral ogische Mittheilungen,' 1877, 313. 



