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  W. 
  M. 
  Foote 
  — 
  Neio 
  Meteoric 
  Iron. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  from 
  the 
  accompanying^ 
  map 
  that 
  the 
  masses 
  

   were 
  found 
  in 
  almost 
  a 
  straight 
  line 
  IS", 
  and 
  S. 
  and 
  along 
  a 
  

   nine-mile 
  stretch 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  road. 
  As 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  

   Coahuila, 
  Mexico, 
  irons 
  (J. 
  Lawrence 
  Smith), 
  which 
  were 
  found 
  

   in 
  a 
  line 
  ^.E. 
  to 
  S.W., 
  the 
  smaller 
  pieces 
  falling 
  first, 
  one 
  can- 
  

   not 
  avoid 
  applying 
  such 
  a 
  theory 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  find. 
  The 
  

   main 
  mass 
  moving 
  from 
  north 
  to 
  south, 
  parted 
  during 
  its 
  

   flight 
  and 
  the 
  fragments 
  continued 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  direc- 
  

   tion, 
  the 
  smaller 
  ones 
  falling 
  first. 
  In 
  support 
  of 
  this 
  theory 
  

   are 
  the 
  facts 
  : 
  at 
  the 
  northernmost 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  was 
  found 
  

   a 
  mass 
  of 
  about 
  3^ 
  k. 
  ; 
  three 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  south, 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  

   which 
  only 
  a 
  portion 
  (f 
  k.) 
  was 
  preserved 
  ; 
  one 
  mile 
  south 
  of 
  

   that, 
  a 
  3J 
  k. 
  piece 
  ; 
  four 
  miles 
  farther 
  south, 
  two 
  were 
  found 
  

   \ 
  mile 
  apart, 
  weighing 
  respectively 
  12 
  k. 
  and 
  9 
  k. 
  ; 
  finally 
  one 
  

   mile 
  beyond, 
  at 
  the 
  south 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  line, 
  the 
  largest, 
  weighing 
  

   about 
  15 
  k. 
  In 
  all 
  probability, 
  the 
  decrease 
  in 
  weight, 
  due 
  to 
  

   exposure 
  after 
  reaching 
  the 
  earth, 
  was 
  relatively 
  about 
  the 
  

   same 
  for 
  each. 
  Since 
  the 
  fall 
  occurred 
  in 
  two 
  counties, 
  near 
  

   three 
  small 
  villages, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  conveniently 
  designated 
  by 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  the 
  nearest 
  geographical 
  feature, 
  the 
  " 
  Tomhighee 
  

   River^'' 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  watershed 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  find 
  was 
  made. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  other 
  iron 
  meteorites, 
  which 
  are 
  near 
  enough 
  geo- 
  

   graphically 
  to 
  the 
  " 
  Tombigbee 
  River 
  " 
  to 
  suggest 
  relationship, 
  

   are 
  " 
  Claiborne," 
  about 
  60 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  S.E. 
  in 
  Clarke 
  Co., 
  Ala., 
  

   and 
  "Oktibbeha 
  Co.," 
  about 
  60 
  miles 
  west 
  in 
  Mississippi, 
  

   That 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  fall 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  their 
  widely 
  

   dissimilar 
  compositions, 
  the 
  first 
  containing 
  95*02 
  per 
  cent 
  

   iron 
  and 
  4*11 
  per 
  cent 
  nickel 
  ; 
  the 
  second, 
  66'56 
  per 
  cent 
  iron 
  

   and 
  24'74: 
  per 
  cent 
  nickel; 
  the 
  third, 
  37"69 
  per 
  cent 
  iron 
  and 
  

   59*69 
  per 
  cent 
  nickel. 
  

  

  Philadelphia, 
  July 
  10, 
  1899. 
  

  

  