H. L. Preston — New Meteorite from Kentucky. 163 



Aet. XXII. — Preliminary Note of a New Meteorite from 

 Kenton County, Kentucky • by H. L. Peeston. 



[Eead before the Eochester Academy of Science, June 27th, 1892.] 



Ojs r May 15th, Prof. Henry A. Ward received a letter from 

 Mr. R. H. Fitzhugh, Bryson City, N. C, telling of a meteorite 

 lie had identified in Kenton County, Kentucky. In Prof. 

 Ward's absence Mr. Frank A. Ward sent me off the same 

 night to look up the meteorite. I arrived at Bracht station on 

 the Cincinnati Southern R. R., Friday morning and drove as 

 far as the roads would permit toward Mr. Geo. W. Cornelius's 

 farm. He being away from home his wife showed me the 

 " metal " as they called it. It proved to be a beautiful meteorite 

 of the Siderite variety, 533x356x203 millimeters (21x14x8 

 inches) in its greatest diameters, and 163'0665 kilograms (359-| 

 pounds) in weight. 



Kenton Co. Meteorite, one-seventh natural size. 



In form in certain directions it very much resembles a nau- 

 tilus. It has numerous but mostly shallow pittings ; a few deep 

 pittings occur however on the side shown in the accompanying 

 cut which gives a good idea of its general outline. This 

 meteorite is entirely free from crust. 



