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  U. 
  L. 
  Preston 
  — 
  Oakley, 
  Kansas, 
  Meteorite. 
  

  

  The 
  eleven 
  following 
  meteorites 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  

   Kansas. 
  

  

  Tonganoxie_ 
  _ 
  _- 
  11*5 
  kilograms 
  

  

  Brenham 
  (a 
  number 
  of 
  pieces) 
  over 
  900 
  " 
  

  

  Farmington 
  (2 
  stones) 
  __ 
  84 
  " 
  

  

  Ottawa 
  876 
  grams 
  

  

  Waconda 
  _ 
  26 
  kilograms 
  

  

  Oakley 
  1 
  27*9 
  " 
  

  

  Ness 
  County 
  (17 
  stones) 
  10*9 
  '■ 
  

  

  Kansada 
  9-2 
  " 
  

  

  Jerome 
  (2 
  stones) 
  31*4 
  " 
  

  

  Prairie 
  Dog 
  Creek 
  .__ 
  2*9 
  " 
  

  

  Long 
  Island 
  (a 
  number 
  of 
  pieces) 
  . 
  534*6 
  " 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  on 
  the 
  list 
  is 
  a 
  siderite, 
  the 
  second 
  a 
  siderolite, 
  

   while 
  the 
  balance 
  are 
  aerolites. 
  Of 
  the 
  nine 
  aerolites 
  but 
  two, 
  

   the 
  Farmington 
  and 
  Ottawa, 
  were 
  seen 
  to 
  fall. 
  Of 
  the 
  remain- 
  

   ing 
  seven 
  we 
  have 
  no 
  data 
  whatever, 
  even 
  as 
  to 
  rumor, 
  of 
  the 
  

   date 
  of 
  their 
  fall 
  ; 
  six 
  of 
  these, 
  omitting 
  the 
  Waconda, 
  are 
  evi- 
  

   dently 
  remnants 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  old 
  fall. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  probable 
  that 
  five 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  

   representatives 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  fall. 
  Starting 
  with 
  Ness 
  County, 
  

   of 
  which 
  seventeen 
  stones 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  

   to 
  the 
  S.E. 
  and 
  S.W. 
  of 
  Ness 
  City, 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  Kansada 
  

   found 
  17 
  miles 
  N.W. 
  of 
  Ness 
  City, 
  the 
  Jerome 
  39 
  miles 
  N.W. 
  

   of 
  Ness 
  City, 
  the 
  Prairie 
  Dog 
  Creek 
  88 
  miles 
  N.N.W. 
  of 
  Ness 
  

   City, 
  and 
  the 
  Long 
  Island 
  107 
  miles 
  N.N.E. 
  of 
  Ness 
  City. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  thus 
  a 
  parallelogram 
  35 
  by 
  117 
  miles 
  in 
  diameter 
  

   extending 
  in 
  a 
  northeasterly 
  direction, 
  covering 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  

   these 
  five 
  finds. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  all, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  cut, 
  oxidized 
  entirely 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  mass, 
  leaving 
  the 
  groundmass 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  yel- 
  

   lowish 
  brown 
  color, 
  with 
  but 
  small 
  patches 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  

   gray 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  silicates 
  remaining. 
  The 
  crust 
  in 
  each 
  case 
  is 
  

   much 
  weathered 
  and 
  oxidized, 
  and 
  on 
  portions 
  of 
  each 
  find 
  has 
  

   been 
  coated 
  with 
  varying 
  thicknesses 
  of 
  the 
  carbonate 
  of 
  lime. 
  

  

  The 
  structure 
  of 
  each 
  is 
  chondritic, 
  and 
  macroscopically 
  at 
  

   least 
  is 
  very 
  similar 
  in 
  other 
  respects. 
  

  

  This 
  statement 
  cannot 
  however 
  be 
  verified 
  unless 
  each 
  of 
  

   these 
  five 
  finds 
  were 
  analyzed 
  by 
  precisely 
  the 
  same 
  method, 
  

   and 
  numerous 
  sections 
  from 
  each 
  made 
  and 
  studied 
  under 
  the 
  

   microscope 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  petrologist. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  likely, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  within 
  this 
  area 
  we 
  may 
  

   expect 
  that 
  other 
  stones 
  bearing 
  a 
  close 
  resemblance 
  to 
  these 
  

   five 
  will 
  be 
  found. 
  

  

  The 
  remaining 
  four 
  aerolites 
  are 
  however 
  entirely 
  distinct 
  in 
  

   their 
  character, 
  and 
  undoubtedly 
  have 
  no 
  connection 
  whatever 
  

   with 
  the 
  unknown 
  fall 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  five. 
  

  

  