that have fallen from the Heavens. 2^5 
About 570. Stones near Bender in Arabia. — Alkoran, vi. I 6.5 
and cv. 3. and 4. 
648. A fiery stone at Constantinople.- — Several Chronicles. 
823. A shower of pebbles in Saxony. 
852. A stone fell in Tabaristan, in July or August. — He Sacij 
and Quatremere. 
897. A stone fell at Ahmedabad. — Quatremere. In 892? ac- 
cording to the Chron. Syr. 
951. A stone fell near Augsburg. — 'Alb. Stad and others. 
998. Two stones fell, one near the Elbe, and the other in the 
town of Magdeburg. — Cosmas and Spangenherg. 
1009 . A mass of iron fell in Djordjan. — Avicenna. 
1021. Stones fell in Africa between the 24th July and the 21st 
of August. — He Sacy. 
1112. Stones or iron fell near Aquileja. — Valvasor. 
1135 or 1136. A stone fell at Oldisleben, in Thuringia. — Span* 
genherg and others. 
1164. During Pentecost iron fell in Misnia. — Fabricius, 
1198. A stone fell near Paris. 
1249 . Stones fell at Quedlinbourg, Ballenstadt and Blankem 
burg, on the 26th July. — Spangenheig and Rivander, 
Thirteenth Century. — A stone fell at Wurzburg.- — Schottus, 
Phys. Cur. 
Between 1251 and 1363. Stones fell at Welixoi-Ussing in 
Russia. — Gilberfs Annul, tom. 35. 
1280. A stone fell at Alexandria in Egypt. He Sacy. 
1304. Oct. 1. Stones fell at Friedland o;' Eriedberg. — Kranz 
and Spangenberg. 
1305. Stones fell in the country of the Vandals. 
1328, Jan. 9. In Mortahiah and Dakhaliah. — Quatremere. 
1368. A mass of iron in the Duchy of Oldenburg. — Siebrand, 
Meyer. ' 
1379, May 26. Stones fell at Minden in Hanover. —Lerbecius. 
1438. A shower of spongy stones at Roa, near Burgos in Spain. 
— Proust. 
A stone fell near Lucerne.— 
1491, March 22. A stone fell near Cvem2i.^Simoneta. 
1492, Nov. 7 . A stone of 260 lb. fell at nsisheim near Stur-^ 
