338 J. W. Mallet on Meteoric Iron from Virginia. 
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n Lil hii rho ct Litt | 
sti bits 
ig 20 30 40 50,.C.m. 
n analysis made by Mr. J. R. Santos of Guayaquil, Ecua- 
dor, now working in this laboratory, gave the following results. 
he a 91:490 Sulphur ........-43 -n-+ 018 
Nickel ...:........... .7:659 Ohlorine nit ee 
RNG ict. a ED ORIDOR 0 on 5 pnd an 20 } 
Copper...-....-.----- ‘021 Silicon (counted as silica) 108 
a ee os ee a so trace 
Pnosonoras 6005'S. 06 99°963 
The chlorine occurs as ferrous chloride, soluble in water. 
87°5 grams of iron was used for the analysis, so as to render 
ar’ 
tial examination of another specimen, however, showed that, 
n such masses, 
and probably of the nickel in the alloy, is not altogether unt- 
form. The average amount of nickel is somewhat less than in 
University of Virginia, March 6, 1878. 
