﻿H. 
  A. 
  Ward 
  — 
  Notice 
  of 
  the 
  Plymouth 
  Meteorite. 
  53 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  evident 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  data 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  exhibited 
  in 
  

   the 
  preceding 
  tables, 
  that 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  the 
  applicability 
  of 
  the 
  

   Schroeder-Le 
  Chatelier 
  law 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  It 
  may, 
  now, 
  be 
  

   urged 
  that 
  in 
  our 
  definition 
  of 
  solubility 
  as 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   molecules 
  of 
  dissolved 
  substance 
  contained 
  in 
  100 
  molecules 
  of 
  

   the 
  solution, 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  molecular 
  mass 
  of 
  the 
  dissolved 
  

   substance 
  has 
  rather 
  arbitrarily 
  been 
  assumed 
  to 
  be 
  equal 
  to 
  

   that 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  in 
  the 
  gaseous 
  condition, 
  although 
  nothing 
  

   positive 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  real 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  molecule 
  in 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   solved 
  state 
  is 
  known 
  ; 
  if 
  the 
  molecular 
  mass 
  of 
  the 
  substance 
  

   in 
  the 
  gaseous 
  state 
  be 
  doubled, 
  tripled, 
  quadrupled, 
  etc., 
  when 
  

   it 
  is 
  in 
  solution, 
  the 
  number, 
  expressing 
  the 
  solubility 
  in 
  the 
  

   manner 
  here 
  adopted, 
  must 
  be 
  changed 
  correspondingly. 
  But 
  

   even 
  if 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  molecular 
  state 
  of 
  salts 
  dissolved 
  

   in 
  organic 
  liquids 
  was 
  sufficient 
  to 
  permit 
  of 
  the 
  introduction 
  

   of 
  this 
  correction, 
  its 
  amount 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  

   account 
  for 
  the 
  very 
  considerable 
  differences 
  in 
  solubility 
  of 
  

   even 
  the 
  same 
  salt 
  in 
  different, 
  yet 
  chemically 
  similar, 
  organic 
  

   solvents, 
  as 
  any 
  one 
  can 
  convince 
  himself 
  by 
  a 
  simple 
  calcula- 
  

   tion. 
  We 
  conclude 
  then, 
  that 
  the 
  law 
  enunciated 
  by 
  Schroeder, 
  

   and 
  by 
  Le 
  Chatelier, 
  although 
  approximately 
  true 
  for 
  the 
  cases 
  

   investigated 
  by 
  them, 
  is 
  not 
  applicable 
  to 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  inorganic 
  

   salts 
  in 
  normal 
  organic 
  solvents. 
  

  

  Chicago, 
  November 
  26th, 
  1894. 
  

  

  Art. 
  V. 
  — 
  Preliminary 
  Notice 
  of 
  the 
  Plymouth 
  Meteorite 
  ; 
  

   by 
  Henry 
  A. 
  Ward. 
  

  

  The 
  Plymouth 
  meteorite 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1893 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  John 
  Jefferson 
  Kyser, 
  while 
  plowing 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  on 
  his 
  farm 
  

   about 
  five 
  miles 
  southwest 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Plymouth, 
  Marshall 
  

   County, 
  Indiana. 
  Mr. 
  Kyser 
  had, 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  1872, 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  same 
  field 
  another, 
  larger 
  mass 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  iron. 
  This 
  

   mass 
  was 
  pear-shaped, 
  about 
  four 
  feet 
  in 
  length 
  by 
  three 
  feet 
  

   in 
  its 
  widest 
  diameter, 
  narrowing 
  to 
  six 
  or 
  eight 
  inches 
  at 
  its 
  

   upper 
  end. 
  It 
  lay 
  for 
  a 
  year 
  or 
  two 
  so 
  near 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  

   ground 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  seriously 
  annoying 
  in 
  plowing 
  the 
  field. 
  On 
  

   that 
  account, 
  Mr. 
  Kyser, 
  aided 
  by 
  his 
  son, 
  dug 
  a 
  deep 
  hole 
  by 
  

   the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  mass 
  and 
  buried 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  one 
  and 
  one- 
  

   half 
  to 
  two 
  feet 
  beneath 
  the 
  surface, 
  where 
  it 
  should 
  thence- 
  

   forth 
  do 
  no 
  more 
  damage. 
  

  

  The 
  account 
  of 
  this 
  1 
  had 
  last 
  June 
  from 
  the 
  son, 
  Mr. 
  John 
  

   M. 
  Kyser, 
  now 
  city 
  clerk 
  of 
  Plymouth. 
  Mr. 
  Kyser 
  well 
  

   remembers 
  the 
  circumstance 
  of 
  the 
  finding 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  piece 
  

   and 
  assisting 
  his 
  father 
  in 
  burying 
  the 
  same 
  ; 
  and 
  he 
  further 
  

  

  