J. L. Smith on the Guernsey County (Ohio) Meteorites. 87 
T. XI.—Zhe Guernsey County (Ohio) Meteorites,—a complete 
account of the phenomena attending their fall with a chemical 
analysis of them; by J. Lawrence Smiru, M.D., Prof. of 
Chemistry in the University of Louisville, Ky. 
AGREEABLY to the promise made in the July number of this 
I propose giving, as far as possible, a complete account 
of the remarkable fall of meteoric stones that occurred in the 
‘month of May in the eastern part of the State of Ohio. 
I have thought proper to call them the Guernsey County Mete- 
orites ; since we are commonly in the habit of distinguishing the 
meteorites found in this country, by the name of the county in 
which they fell or were found. All but one of the great num- 
er of meteoric stones that fell on this occasion, were found in 
Guernsey county ahd that exceptional specimen fell in Musk- 
ingum on the edge of Guernsey county. 
Although the public have been notified of this phenomenon 
by various observers, especially by those who gave their observ- 
ations in the July number of this Journal; yet, as this paper 
was nearly completed at the time, and is believed to embrace a 
full description, it is as well to present it to the public as it is; 
combining all the particulars of this fall of meteorites, the most 
remarkable ever observed in this country, and equal to, if not 
surpassing the famous fall at l’Aigle in France, with which it has 
many points of interest in common, that will be stated in the 
course of this paper. s 
My attention was first directed to this occurrence, by a short a 
notice of it in a newspaper, as being an earthquake that had occur- ge 
red in eastern Ohio, accompanied with a shower of stones Sus- 
pecting the true nature of the phenomenon, I immediately visited 
the spot, where it was said to have occurred and collected the 
Statements of those persons who had witnessed the fall. It was 
ascertained that on Tuesday, May Ist, 1860, remarkable pheno- 
mena transpired in the heavens, of which the following are ac- 
counts given by different observers, men of intelligence and ob- 
servation. 
three minutes and seemed to come from the southwest, at an ele- : 
vation above the horizon of 80 to 40 degrees, terminating in the 
