504 Dr. Walter Flight — History of Meteorites. 



results of an analysis by Bode (II.) , which is incorporated in 

 Brenndecke's report on these meteorites presented by him to the 

 Society of Natural History of Wisconsin : 



I. II. 



Iron 91-03 89-22 



Nickel 7-20 10-79 



Cobalt 0-53 trace 



Phosphorus 0-14 0-69 



trace — 



Copper 



Insoluble residue 0-45 



99-35 100-70 



Specific gravity .., 7*82 7*327 



Bode states that the Widmannstattian figures are developed with 

 great distinctness. Dr. Smith arrived at the same result, and finds 

 that the spaces between these figures, which have convex ends and 

 sides, are darker in hue than they are, and' exhibit striations, the 

 lines being at right angles to the bounding surfaces ; these forms he 

 terms ' Laphamite markings.' When the space where they occur 

 is nearly square the lines extend from each of the four sides ; in 

 other cases they are parallel to the longer sides. He considers that 

 these figures indicate " the axes of minute columnar crystals, which 

 tend to assume a position at right angles to the surface of cooling." 

 The author does not describe what phases these figures assume when 

 the iron is cut in various directions. 



1859, May — . — Beuste, Basses-Pyrenees. 1 



This meteorite has recently been acquired for the Paris Collection. 

 Two fragments, weighing respectively 1-40 and 0*42 kilog., were 

 found about 700 metres apart, the former having penetrated the soil 

 to a depth of about 50 centim. The black crust has a thickness of 

 0-4 to 0'5 mm., and the specific gravity of the stone is 3 - 53. It 

 belongs to the class of which the Chantonnay meteorite (1812, August 

 5th) is a representative, and consists, it may be presumed, as it has 

 not yet been analyzed, chiefly of olivine, bronzite, and labradorite. 

 The stone has a grey colour and a compact structure. The frac- 

 tured surface is traversed in all directions by black veins which 

 anastomose. 



1860, May 1st. — New Concord, near Zanesville, Guernsey Co. and 

 Muskingum Co., Ohio. 2 



A note on the fall of these meteorites, copied from the Zanesville 

 Courier, apparently contains no new information beyond what has 

 already been recorded in Buchner's Die Meteoriten, 104. 



Found 1861. — Rittersgriin, near Schwarzenberg, Saxony. 



For a short description of the probable composition of this sidero- 

 lite see the Breitenbach Meteorite. 



(To be continued in our next Number.} 



1 G. A. Daubree. Compt. rend. 1873, lxxvi. 314. 



2 Amer. Jour. Sc. 1871, i. 309. 



