224 J. L. Smith—Description of Meteoric Stones. 
Solnblo:vin-eckdia, 25 tei ie. 04 80°40 per cent. 
Insoluble: in-neid 3 is0cscsweds 12013. 19°60 per cent. 
cn as follows 
Soluble. Insoluble. 
.--33°02 56°90 
any protoxide ahh « alee ann Biase are 37°57 10°20 
ek cio uleiduien Garr ts ware 0°12 20 
_ ER aR Ee hace euhene wath Oe 7°62 
ph) A IRS a 28°41 22°41 
ee ks em tee ee aig cs “0 1°00 
Petner OSIGO 2 oe ee ew 1°54 
Covet oniae > co oe ’ 
Chromium oxide 33 
101°04 97°66 
I obtained chrome oxide thirty-three per cent, indicating 
050 of chrome iron, if the chrome be present in t or 
the oxide of nickel, with the exception of — a minute 
portion, belongs to the composition of the soluble silicates. 
e nickeliferous tron contained in this stone is very small in 
quantity. This on analysis gave 
99°32 
Mineral constituents of the Warrenton Meteorite.—A microsco- 
erals, subaeneg em four-fifths of the tink The proportion of 
the mineral constituents is about as follows: 
ave vine minerals-- So eno ae tee 
Bronzite and pyroxenie minerals. ... .-_. -.--18°00 
Nickeliferous iron -__.__.. AA Be a 
TYOHGE So Se eae 3°50 
Chirsuis WON ee 50 
3. Cynthiana 7 aot Meteorite. 
I have called this the Cynthiana stone, although it fell nine 
miles from that place, in Harrison county, Cynthiana being the 
nearest important point to the place where it fell.* 
* I will take occasion just here to correct an error that I have seen in several 
among them those of Vienna, the British a and the Garden = 
ic yy me i 
Plants. These catal 
that of Harrison county, Kentucky: it s 
