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ing 50 lbs., which fell about 8 years* ago near the state line of 

 Georgia, 10 milesf from here (Cleveland). * * * * 



The Museum Record of the Academy simply notes the date of 

 its reception as Oct. 24th, 1876, that it came from the mountains 

 of East Tennessee, and weighed 254 lbs. All my efforts to ob- 

 tain fuller information about its fall and discovery have proved 

 unsuccessful." 



Prof. C. U. Shepard, in his description;}: of the meteoric iron 

 of "Whitfield County, Ga., makes the following statement : 



"Some time during the autumn of 1860, Mr. H. C. Hamilton, of 

 Dalton, Ga., noticed an tinusual atmospheric phenomenon in that 

 region. A bright light shot across the heavens, followed by a 

 loud report, which created great alarm among the people, many 

 of whom supposed the end of the world had arrived. * * * A 

 large mass of iron supposed to be a meteorite was found about \ 

 mile from this one in the year 1862 (the 117 lb. Whitfield mass). 

 It was sent to Cleveland, Tenn., Avhere it appears to have been 

 lost sight of." 



The following are analyses of the two irons, No. 1 is that 

 given by Dr. Genth, and No. 2 that of Prof. C. U. Shepard, Jr.: 



1. Bast Tennessee. 2. Whitfield Co., Ga. 



Sp. grav. 7-521. Sp. grav. T986. 



Iron 89-93 94-66 



Copper 0-06 



Nickel 8-06 4*80 



Cobalt 0*56 0-34 



Phosphorus .. , 0*66 



Sulphur not det. P, Mn, Cr, traces 



99-27 99-80 



These analyses do not agree as closely as might be expected, 

 but in some other respects the points of resemblance are close. 



A large etched section of the East Tennessee iron in the pos- 

 session of the writer shows several cracks completely filled 

 with rust, indicating, as Prof. Genth says he had observed, that 

 there are large quantities of chloride of iron in the mass. The 

 large mass of Whitfield Co., deposited in the National Museum, 

 rusts, cracks and exfoliates exactly like the above. The Wid- 

 manstatten figures are also identical. A new analysis of the 

 Whitfield Co. mass would perhaps serve to establish their 

 identity. 



Cleveland, Tenn., is 28 miles N.E. of Dalton, Ga., and the 

 Whitfield Co. iron was found 14 miles N.E. of Dalton, the 

 latter place being very near the state line (see map). Mr. Eaht 



* This corresponds with the time given by Mr. Hamilton, of Dalton. 



f Given by Prof. Shepard. 



% This Journal, xxvi, 336, 1883. 



