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in patches, and black particles scattered over the surface. One 
specimen had very thin veins of a shining black mineral. When 
in large masses. the stone is exceedingly tough, requiring re- - 
peated blows with a hammer to fracture it, but when broken 
into small pieces it can be crushed with ease in an agate mortar. 
The specific gravity of the mass was found to be 35417. On 
_ analysis one gramme of the stone was found to contain :— 
Silica, . : - - - = SB TS50 
Protoxyd of iron, - .-  - + =. = *26204 
esia, - - . - - - - “08873 
Alumina, - - - - - . - 05325 
Lime, cad - - a) Se eT DOTS. 
TA00, = . iw * - - . - *08803 
Bek eh, cre :eutesy eyes aoe wow dr 2-60 
Sulphur, eahyrraicx Moret 18 01184 
romium, - 5 - - : - trace 
Phosphorus, - - - - “ - - trace. 
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Coshocton, Ohio, June 4th, 1860. 
(4) Prof. J. Lawrence Suiru, M.D., of Louisville, Ky., in- 
forms us that, on hearing vague rumors of the event two days 
after its occurrence (reported as an earthquake accompanied by 
a fall of stones), and although four hundred miles distant from 
the place, he immediately visited New Concord and obtained 
all possible data respecting the phenomenon. He is convinced 
tom a thorough examination of the facts that no fall of meteoric 
stones before recorded possesses so many points of interest as 
the one in question, surpassing even the far famed fall at LP Aigle. 
—€ reserves many details of the event with his chemical exam- 
Imation for a paper in the next number of this Journal. The 
ro bse so far as they are complete, show the constitution of 
the New Concord stones to be identical with those that fell about 
the Same time last year, March 28, 1859, in Indiana (see this 
Jour., xxviii, 409). ) 
ille, Ky., June 6, 1860, 
Thus far about thirty stones have been recovered from this 
ais and one witness estimates the entire weight of the fragments 
“covered at about seven hundred pounds. 
ae Ma he fine specimen (figure 1) secured by Prof. Andrews for 
rie 
hi tta College, is, Sh tee the largest_meteoric fragment 
irs érto recorded as existing in one piece. Profs. Silliman and 
