240 J. L. Smith on three New Meteoric Irons. 
Art. XXIII.—Description of three New Meteoric Irons, from Nel- 
son County, Ky., Marshall County, Ky., and Madison Couniy, 
North Carolina ; by J. LAwRENcE Smita, M.D., Prof. of Chem- 
istry, University of Louisville, Ky. 
Nelson County, (Ky.) Meteorite—This came into my possession 
about two months ago, being obtained from a ploughed field 
where it may have laid for a considerable length of time, atten- 
was drawn to it by a plough striking it; its metalliccharac : 
ion 
ter leading the neighboring farmer to believe it to be silver. 
It is a flattened mass of tough metal, a little scaly at one cor 
ner, being 17 inches long, 15 inches broad, and 7 inches in the — 
em part, shelving off like the back of a turtle, and weighs 
It is free from any large proportion of thick rust, consequently 
showing no indications of chlorine. On analysis, the following 
constituents were found in 100 parts, No. 1 in the table below: 
(1.) (2.) 
93°10 90°12 9112 
Nickel, - el 8°72 782 
Beige 41 82 “48 
Phosphorus, “05 10 08 
per, - trace trace trace 
99°67 ~ 99°26 9945 
Marshall County, (Ky.) Meteorite—A piece of this Meteorite 
Madison County, (N. C.) Meteorite.-—This meteorite was preset” 
ted to me some time ago by the Hon. T. L. Clingman, of North 
Carolina, It came from Jewel Hill, Madison County, of that 
State. There is a great deal of thick rust on the surface, with 
indicates that it is entire, its dimensions are 7x 6X8 inches, — 
a number of indentations; its weight is 8 lb. 18 oz. Its woot 
position is given in the analysis, No. 3. 
