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This plainly shows that the principal constituent of the 
soluble portion is an olivine, rich in oxide of iron, approach- 
ing hyalosiderite in composition, and that the insoluble part is 
a pyroxene. 
_The nickeliferous iron contained, besides traces of phospho- 
rus, sulphur, and copper, 
WO oe Peres Wea eee eee 89°04 
ORC eS ee 10°34 
Covalt, 2. 2 oa a ee 58 
rom an examination of an entire stone sent me after the 
completion of the above analysis, I have found the specific 
gravity to be 3°57. J. LAWRENCE SMITH. 
Louisville, Ky., April 15th, 1875. 
The first stone from the meteor that was found was dis- 
covered lying on the snow, on the afternoon of February 15th, 
and was adherent to snow and ice underneath. s the weather 
had been very cold from the time of the meteor-fall to the time 
of finding this fragment it must have been warm enough when 
it fell to melt slightly the underlying snow, to which it was 
afterwards frozen. — 
I visited the spot shortly afterward and found that it had 
first struck the ground more than 80 feet to the southwest of 
meteor appeared, a 
when having passed the corner of a building that threatened to 
obstruct his view, he stopped, and watched the meteor until it 
Towa State University, Aug. 4th, 1875. 
