396 //. A. Ward— And over Meteorite. 



tolls me that it was seeing these branches fall, cut off by the 

 stone, which had changed his first instant's impression that the 

 latter was of a gaseous character. By the aid of a ladder and 

 a Baw I obtained the portion of a branch two inches in diam- 

 eter, half cut through by the meteorite. I also obtained two 

 small pieces of the stone itself, one from Mr. Dresser, and 

 another from Mr. E. M. Bailey, also a resident of Andover. 

 Through the kind favor of Mr. Poor I am able to here present 

 a cut of the large mass, which weighs about 6-| lbs. 



Andover Aerolite ; about three-fifths actual size. 



In general shape it is an irregular lengthened polygon like a 

 flattened triangle, with the three points largely truncated. 

 The cut presents one side whose largest dimensions are 7f 

 inches in length by 4 inches in greatest breadth. The opposite 

 side, which was broken off in the fall, is of the same length, but 

 5-| inches in the measure at right angles. All other sides are 

 well coated with a brownish black crust, relieved by occasional 

 patches of lighter brown. The crust is roughened by little, 

 slightly raised pimples, often connected with very short ridges, 

 of the molten matter. On several sides are shallow pittings as 

 large as the impressions of finger-ends. Some of these are 

 separated, others confluent, the latter, as is to be expected, all 

 on the same side of the mass, having their depressed rim in 

 the same direction or aspect. The broken side of the mass 

 shows an interior of a light gray color, and is granular, with a 

 few chondri of much darker color. The whole mass is, in 

 a fresh fracture, brilliant with points of nickeliferous iron 

 sparsely interspersed with bronze-colored troilite. I have given 

 the name of Andover to this meteorite from the proximity of 

 its fall to the town of Andover, Oxford Co., Maine. 



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