Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



. 3 only, and at that very insignificant, r 



duced by its striking the stone and soil, the surface of which it penetrated 



but very little, showing that it could not have come down with cosmical 



The fall took place obliquely, in the direction from north to south, but 

 much deviating from a vertical line. 



The geographical situation of Montpreis is about 46° 7' N. latitude, 16° 

 27' E, of Greenwich. Adding the northern zenith distance of nearly 7° 

 to the latitude, we obtain the altitude of 53% from which the meteor de- 

 scended. An astronomical map, set for July 

 sition of the meteor at 270°, very nearly ' 

 '*■ ' ' " ' "^ on and Vega. The 



directly opposite to me Liaii»iai.uiic uji/i,i^^ii ^ 

 system m space, which, according to Madler, is 7 miles (Geiiuan; 

 ecoud. We might presume, therefore, that, as far as its position is 

 erned, the descending meteor remained stationary, or its approach 

 merely effected by the translatoric motion of our solar system. As 

 e motion of the earth in its position in space, between Aries and 

 us, we may assume the nearly conformable motion of 4-1 (German) 

 5 per second. Thus the meteor would have descended on the ecliptic, 

 ably from the neighborhood of the Balance, perhaps a real stranger 

 ir solar system. 



• Prof. Suess mentions several meteors, 



same date: 



At KremsmiiDster, on the 29th, in S.S-E., a large fireball, with a bright 

 luminous tail, which fell almost vertically towards the horizon. It lasted 



At Laibach,'on the 29tb, at 8h 48", a meteor in S.W. direction. 

 ^ At Edelbach, near Montpreis, (in Lower Styria,) towards S.W a fire- 

 ball, followed by three shooting stars; much hissing, rumbling fah, but 

 nothing was found. 



At Neustadtl, (Krain,) a meteor, like that at Laibach. ^ 



(4.) At the meetings of October l7th and November /th, 1861, he 

 gave some additional information about the metallic iron masses from 

 ^mnbourne (near Melbourne, Victoria,) (this Journal [2j xxxii 441- 

 ^43). The smaller mass, of ^bout 3,000 lbs,, is exhibited in Melbourne 

 and intended to be sent to the World's Fair, which is to take place m 

 J-ondon during this year. 



Ti,-^ ^1... * 'oj'cai. _ Tirpspnt position at 



^ 'proximate measurements were sent by 

 ^lockinitson>W ■■ 



.f the origin: 

 t by Dr, Neu 



Viewed from N.E. to S.W. =:3 ft. 1 in., S.E. to ^;^^-^^_^-jj .^^ 

 « KOc. « =1 « 1 " St. " =^1-9^ 



. Tie inner structure of the smaller piece could not well be deternaiiied 

 """ *' - " r chips cut off with a chisel. Here and there was a wire-like 



— ^ ' •---— 5 *^roncrh the whole mass, silver- 



; little lustre. No real crust 



