Dr. Walter Fligld— On Meteorites. 2 1 3 



The interior has a very dark uniform ash colour, is soft, and is easily 

 crushed. The density of the stone is 3-4:7; the troilite forms 3-51 

 per cent, of the stone and the nickel-iron 2-01 per cent. 



By treatment with acid it was found that there were present : — ■ 



A. Soluble silicates = 80-40 per cent. 



B. Insoluble silicates 19-60 



100-00 



which contained respectively : — A. B. 



Silicic acid 33-02 .. 56-90 



Iron protoxide 37-57 .. 10-20 



Alumina 0-12 .. 0-20 



Chromium oxide . . 0-33 



Lime trace .. 7-62 



"Magnesia 28-41 .. 22-41 



Soda 0-07 .. 1-00 



Nickel oxide 1-54 



Cobalt oxide 0-31 



101-04 .. 97-66 

 The chromium appears to be in the form of chromite, amounting 

 to 0-5 of that mineral ; and the nickel oxide to be a constituent of 

 the soluble silicates. The nickel-iron, which is present in very 

 small quantity, contained 



Iron = 88-51 ; Nickel = 10-21 ; and Cobalt = 0-60 = 99-32. 

 The mineral constitution of this meteorite was calculated to be 

 made up of: — 



Olivine minerals 76-00 



Bronzite and pyroxenic minerals 18-00 



Nickel-iron 2-00 



Troilite 3-50 



Chrome-iron 0-50 



The proportion of olivine present in this stone is unusually high. 



1877, January 23rd, 4 p.m. — Cynthiana, Harrison Co., Kentucky.^ 



At the date given above a brilliant meteor was seen traversing 

 HI onroe County, Indiana, in a S.E. direction, about thirty-five degrees 

 above the horizon ; it was also seen by several persons in Decatur 

 County of the same State, lat. 39^ 27' ; long. 85° 28', where it dis- 

 appeared just as it seemed to touch the earth, not more than a 

 quarter of a mile distant. It fell about sixty miles distant. Ap- 

 parently it was not seen in the State of Ohio, but in the State of 

 Kentucky it was observed over a considerable territory. The 

 phenomenon culminated in the usual noises heard in the heavens. 

 Fortunately one observer, an intelligent farmer, heard a solid body 

 strike the ground ; he walked immediately to the spot and dug the 

 stone out from a depth of thirteen inches. 



The stone weighs six kilogrammes ; it is wedge-shaped, with one 

 j)ortion of it very extensively and regularly pitted, while the rest is 

 comparatively smooth. The crust is dull black and is as perfect as 

 when the stone fell. There was a fresh broken spot of two or three 



^ J. L. Smith, Amer. Jour. Sc. 1877, xiii. 243; and xiv. 225. 



