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Arr. XXIV.—A New Meteoric Iron—“The Wisconsin Me~ 
teorites”—with some remarks on the Widmannstiitian Fig- 
ures ; by J. Lawrence Smrru, Louisville, Ky. 
THESE meteorites were first brought to my notice by Mr. I. 
A. Lapham, of Wisconsin, and his attention was called to them 
by Mr. C. Daflinger, Secretary of the German Nat. Hist. So- 
ciety of Wisconsin. They were discovered in the town of Tren- 
ton, Washington county, Wisconsin, and I have called them the 
“Wisconsin meteorites.” Up to the present time, fragments 
have been found, indicating that these meteorites were of the 
same fall and separated at no great elevation. They were found 
Within a space of ten or twelve square yards, very near the 
north line of the 40 acre lot of Louis Korb, in latitude 43° 
22’ N., and longitude 88° 8’ west from Greenwich, and about 
30 miles northwest of Milwaukee. : 
They were so near the surface as to be turned up with the 
Plough ; they weigh 60, 16, 10, and 8 pounds respectively, 
and present the usual pitted and irregular surfaces. ? 
the largest of the meteorites in i s extreme dimensi: , is 
14 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 4 inches thick, weighing 62 
pounds. Its specific gravity is 7-82, and composition, 
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