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The nickel is the mean of two determinations, 9*74 and 

 10*14, on different parts of the sample ; the cobalt also of 

 two determinations, "85 and *67. The iron is the mean of 

 four determinations, some of which were not very closely 

 agreeing, as the crust could not be entirely removed from the 

 samples taken. The phosphorus and chlorine are single de- 

 terminations. The author takes great pleasure in thanking 

 Mr. T. K. Brunner for his courtesy in obtaining the informa- 

 tion and the iron for him, and also Professor F. P. Yenable 

 for furnishing the analysis. 



5. Meteoric Iron from Summit, Blount County, Alabama* 



This mass of meteoric iron was found near Summit, Blount 

 County, Alabama, latitude 33° ll', longitude 86° 25' west of 

 Greenwich, in Fraction A, Section 2, Township 10, Range 1, 

 east, by a six-year-old negro girl who used it to crack hickory 

 nuts. Its great weight excited some curiosity, and her brother 

 sent it to Mr. St. John, of Summit, and through the courtesy 

 of Professor Eugene A. Smith it passed into the possession of 

 the writer. It measures 12*5x5x7"5 centimeters [5x2x3 inches] 

 and weighs one kilogram [2 2 pounds]. 



This meteorite contains a large quantity of free chloride of 

 iron [Lawrencite] which from time to time has formed in beads 

 on the surface. It showed only a slight 

 trace of the original crust and was almost 

 completely oxidized ; and on etching a 

 polished surface of this iron with nitric 

 acid no Widmanstatten figures were de- 

 veloped, but instead a fine marking 

 similar to that of the Linnville Moun- 

 tain, X. C, meteorite. The specific gravity of a fragment was 

 6*949. The following analysis was kindly given by Professor 

 F. P. Venable of the University of North Carolina : 



* Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sciences, Jan. 27, 1890. 



