﻿Meteorites 
  in 
  the 
  Peabody 
  Museum 
  of 
  Yale 
  University. 
  87 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  meteorites 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  Mineralogical 
  Collection 
  

   of 
  Tale 
  University 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  1886. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  

   catalogued 
  specimens, 
  both 
  stones 
  -and 
  irons, 
  amounted 
  to 
  147, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  45 
  

   over 
  the 
  last 
  previous 
  catalogue 
  of 
  1869. 
  At 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  (1896) 
  the 
  total 
  

   number 
  of 
  falls 
  represented 
  is 
  201, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  37 
  per 
  cent. 
  The 
  total 
  weight 
  

   of 
  the 
  stones 
  is 
  about 
  100 
  kilos, 
  of 
  the 
  irons 
  1274 
  kilos, 
  in 
  all 
  1374 
  kilos 
  (about 
  

   3025 
  pounds), 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  53 
  per 
  cent. 
  

  

  The 
  largest 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  is 
  still 
  the 
  well 
  known 
  iron 
  from 
  Red 
  

   River, 
  Texas, 
  which 
  weighs 
  740 
  kilos 
  (1,635 
  lbs.). 
  The 
  next 
  largest 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  

   mass 
  of 
  the 
  Canon 
  Diablo, 
  Arizona, 
  iron, 
  which 
  weighs 
  375 
  kilos 
  (826 
  lbs.).- 
  This 
  

   was 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  as 
  a 
  memorial 
  of 
  Prof. 
  Elias 
  Loomis 
  by 
  his 
  sons 
  

   and 
  friends. 
  Another 
  large 
  mass 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Kiowa 
  County, 
  Kansas, 
  a 
  pallasite, 
  

   which 
  weighs 
  46 
  kilos 
  (102 
  lbs.). 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  discovered 
  about 
  

   1886; 
  it 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  E. 
  M. 
  Reed 
  and 
  Pierce 
  N. 
  Welch. 
  A 
  notable 
  

   mass, 
  also, 
  is 
  that 
  discovered 
  in 
  1883 
  at 
  Hammond, 
  St. 
  Croix 
  County, 
  Wisconsin, 
  

   which 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  H. 
  A. 
  Newton. 
  This 
  weighed 
  originally 
  some 
  25 
  

   kilos 
  (55 
  lbs.), 
  but 
  pieces 
  have 
  been 
  cut 
  off 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  exchange, 
  the 
  large 
  

   mass 
  at 
  present 
  weighing 
  23 
  kilos 
  (50.6 
  lbs.). 
  In 
  the 
  present 
  catalogue 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  

   May 
  10, 
  1879, 
  in 
  Emmet 
  County, 
  Iowa, 
  is 
  classed 
  among 
  the 
  irons. 
  Represent- 
  

   ing 
  this 
  fall 
  are 
  nearly 
  six 
  hundred 
  complete 
  specimens, 
  the 
  largest 
  weighing 
  42 
  

   kilos 
  (nearly 
  100 
  lbs.), 
  the 
  smaller 
  ranging 
  from 
  those 
  weighing 
  a 
  pound 
  down 
  to 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  pea. 
  Among 
  the 
  irons 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  mentioned 
  a 
  small 
  

   slice 
  of 
  the 
  meteoric 
  iron 
  which 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  1883 
  on 
  the 
  altar 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   "Turner 
  " 
  Indian 
  mounds, 
  in 
  the 
  Little 
  Miami 
  Valley, 
  Ohio. 
  This 
  was 
  presented 
  

   by 
  Prof. 
  H. 
  A. 
  Newton. 
  It 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  shown 
  that 
  these 
  fragments 
  are 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  derived 
  from 
  masses 
  of 
  the 
  Kiowa 
  County 
  fall 
  just 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  stones 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  addition 
  is 
  the 
  collection 
  from 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  

   May 
  2, 
  1890, 
  in 
  Winnebago 
  County, 
  Iowa, 
  which 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  Henry 
  K. 
  and 
  

   Alice 
  P. 
  English. 
  This 
  collection 
  numbers 
  between 
  900 
  and 
  1,000 
  separate 
  stones, 
  

   most 
  of 
  them 
  perfect, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  collections 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  fall 
  that 
  

   exists 
  in 
  any 
  museum. 
  Another 
  notable 
  fall 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  Feb. 
  12, 
  1875, 
  in 
  Iowa 
  

   County, 
  Iowa, 
  which 
  contains 
  20 
  stones, 
  eight 
  of 
  them 
  weighing 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  

   kilo, 
  and 
  the 
  largest 
  weighing 
  about 
  12 
  kilos. 
  Other 
  large 
  stones 
  in 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  Weston, 
  Connecticut 
  ; 
  Guernsey 
  Co., 
  Ohio 
  ; 
  Cape 
  Girardeau, 
  Mis- 
  

   souri 
  ; 
  and 
  Salt 
  Lake 
  City, 
  Utah. 
  A 
  slice 
  of 
  the 
  interesting 
  stone 
  which 
  fell 
  

   March 
  19, 
  1884, 
  at 
  Djati-Pengilong, 
  Java, 
  which 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Dutch 
  

   government, 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  desired 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  collection 
  as 
  opportunity 
  offers 
  and 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  as 
  

   complete 
  as 
  possible. 
  Any 
  communication 
  having 
  this 
  end 
  in 
  view, 
  either 
  by 
  gift, 
  

   purchase 
  or 
  exchange, 
  may 
  be 
  addressed 
  to 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  S. 
  Dana, 
  Curator 
  of 
  the 
  Col- 
  

   lection, 
  at 
  New 
  Haven, 
  Conn. 
  

  

  Henry 
  S. 
  Washington. 
  

  

  June, 
  1896. 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  The 
  last 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  meteorites 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  by 
  L. 
  Fletcher 
  has 
  

   been 
  in 
  general 
  followed 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  this 
  Catalogue. 
  Since 
  its 
  completion 
  

   the 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  Vienna 
  collection 
  by 
  Brezina 
  has 
  been 
  received. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  noted 
  

   that 
  Brezina 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  irons 
  of 
  Jewell 
  Hill 
  (1854) 
  and 
  of 
  "Duel 
  Hill" 
  (No. 
  

   151 
  above) 
  are 
  probably 
  distinct. 
  

  

  