﻿H. 
  L, 
  Ward 
  — 
  Notice 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Meteorite. 
  225 
  

  

  Art. 
  XXI 
  Y. 
  — 
  Notice 
  of 
  a 
  7iew 
  Meteorite 
  fro7n 
  Murphy^ 
  Cher- 
  

   olcee 
  Co., 
  N. 
  C. 
  ; 
  by 
  Heney 
  L. 
  Ward, 
  Eochester, 
  E". 
  T. 
  

   With 
  Plate 
  lY. 
  

  

  In 
  May 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  we 
  received 
  word 
  from 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  

   B. 
  Lenoir 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  what 
  he 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  meteorite 
  that 
  

   he 
  desired 
  to 
  sell. 
  Upon 
  request 
  he 
  forwarded 
  it 
  to 
  us 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  

   superficial 
  glance 
  at 
  the 
  well-pitted 
  surface 
  was 
  sufficient 
  to 
  

   determine 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  siderite. 
  

  

  Under 
  date 
  of 
  May 
  25th, 
  Mr. 
  Lenoir 
  writes 
  : 
  '' 
  It 
  was 
  

   ploughed 
  up 
  or 
  washed 
  out 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  in 
  Cherokee 
  Co., 
  ]^. 
  C, 
  

   five 
  miles 
  from 
  Murphy. 
  From 
  the 
  location 
  [where] 
  found 
  

   I 
  think 
  it 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  washed 
  out 
  by 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  immense 
  

   rains 
  which 
  fell 
  in 
  that 
  section 
  last 
  winter. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  small 
  

   piece 
  enclosed 
  with 
  the 
  larger 
  one 
  was 
  broken 
  off 
  when 
  I 
  

   purchased 
  it. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  stone 
  [iron] 
  I 
  understand 
  was 
  found 
  

   about 
  six 
  weeks 
  ago." 
  Later 
  he 
  writes 
  : 
  " 
  In 
  answer 
  to 
  yours 
  

   of 
  June 
  10, 
  asking 
  how 
  the 
  meteorite 
  was 
  broken, 
  will 
  say 
  

   that 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  break 
  the 
  meteorite. 
  The 
  man 
  who 
  first 
  showed 
  

   me 
  the 
  piece 
  said 
  that 
  the}' 
  attempted 
  to 
  cut 
  it 
  with 
  a 
  cold 
  

   chisel 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  succeed. 
  By 
  some 
  means 
  (I 
  think 
  he 
  said) 
  

   they 
  cut 
  around 
  it 
  and 
  then 
  either 
  with 
  a 
  blow 
  or 
  by 
  prizing 
  

   broke 
  it 
  .off. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  He 
  said 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  ' 
  hell 
  of 
  a 
  time 
  ' 
  break- 
  

   ing 
  it." 
  

  

  As 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  expected, 
  this 
  meteorite 
  adds 
  another 
  to 
  the 
  

   great 
  majority 
  of 
  siderites 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  whose 
  fall 
  is 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1, 
  Plate 
  \N 
  ., 
  shows 
  the 
  iron 
  with 
  the 
  broken 
  piece 
  set 
  in 
  

   place 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  original 
  form. 
  Its 
  height 
  is 
  23-5'="'. 
  A 
  

   rectangle 
  drawn 
  about 
  the 
  base 
  upon 
  which 
  it 
  stands 
  measures 
  

   IS-^Xll'S'"". 
  The 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  iron 
  was 
  Y753 
  grams 
  (17 
  lbs. 
  

   IJ- 
  oz.), 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  broken 
  end 
  weighed 
  808 
  grams. 
  Another 
  

   photograph 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  iron 
  was 
  taken 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  remark- 
  

   ably 
  sharp 
  angle 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  left 
  hand 
  edge 
  and 
  the 
  side 
  

   opposite 
  to 
  that 
  shown 
  in 
  fig. 
  1 
  ; 
  but 
  a 
  defect 
  in 
  the 
  plate 
  ren- 
  

   dered 
  this 
  photograph 
  unusable. 
  Fig. 
  2, 
  showing 
  end 
  views 
  

   of 
  both 
  pieces 
  from 
  the 
  broken 
  surface, 
  gives 
  something 
  of 
  

   this 
  angularity, 
  which 
  was 
  rather 
  more 
  marked 
  lower 
  down. 
  

   In 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  sections 
  cut 
  across 
  the 
  iron 
  this 
  angle 
  is 
  

   rather 
  more 
  acute 
  than 
  a 
  right 
  angle, 
  as 
  this 
  side 
  is 
  somewhat 
  

   concave, 
  and 
  the 
  edge 
  is 
  very 
  sharp. 
  These 
  two 
  surfaces 
  are 
  

   less 
  deeply 
  pitted 
  than 
  the 
  one 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  figure; 
  and 
  con- 
  

   vey 
  the 
  impression 
  that 
  the 
  meteorite 
  in 
  hand 
  is 
  but 
  a 
  frag- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  a 
  larger 
  one 
  that 
  broke 
  not 
  far 
  above 
  the 
  earth. 
  Had 
  

   it 
  traveled 
  far 
  since 
  dividing 
  we 
  would 
  expect 
  the 
  angles 
  to 
  be 
  

   rounded. 
  An 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  crust 
  fails 
  to 
  give 
  any 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  for 
  or 
  against 
  this 
  theory. 
  Flow 
  lines, 
  if 
  they 
  ever 
  

  

  