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contains (besides nickel and cobalt) also copper, molyb¬ 
denum, and arsenik.--Of meteoric stones (classed with 
native iron, because they all contain this metal, gene¬ 
rally alloyed with nickel) the following are placed in 
chronological ordera large fragment of the stone 
which fell at Ensisheim, in Alsace, Nov. 7th, 1492, 
in the presence of the Emperor Maximilian, then 
king of the Romans, when on the point of en¬ 
gaging with the French army: this mass, which 
weighed 270 pounds, was preserved in the cathedral 
of Ensisheim till the beginning of the French revo¬ 
lution, when it was conveyed to the public library 
of Colmarone of the many stones which fell, July 
3d, 1753, at Plaun, in the circle of Bechin, Bohemia, 
and which contain a great proportion of attractable 
iron ;—specimens of those that were seen to fall at Ro¬ 
quefort and at Juliac, in the Landes of Gascony, July 
24th, 1790;—-one of a dozen of stones of various weights 
and dimensions that fell at Sienna, in Tuscany, Jan. 
16th, 1794;—fragment of the meteoric stone, weighing 
56 pounds, which fell near Wold Cottage, in York¬ 
shire, Dec. 13th, 1795;—fragment of a stone of 20 
pounds, which fell in the commune of Sales, near Ville- 
franche, in the department of the Rhone, March 12th, 
1798;—specimens of stones fallen near the city of Be¬ 
nares, in the East Indies, Dec. 19th, 1798;—-entire 
and broken specimens of the meteoric stones of which 
a shower descended at Aigle, in the department of the 
Orne, April 26th, 1803;—fragment of that of Smo¬ 
lensk, June 27th, 1807;—fragment of one of those that 
were seen to fall at Weston, in Connecticut, Dec. 14th, 
1807;—two meteoric stones with shining black surfaces 
fallen May 22d, 1808, at Stannern, in Moravia ;—two 
fragments of the Tipperary meteorite which fell in Au¬ 
gust, 1810: it contains quartz globules of a green co¬ 
lour owing to oxide of nickel;—a fragment of that of 
Berlanguillas, in Catalonia, July 8th, 1811;—a frag¬ 
ment of one, weighing 66 pounds, which fell August 
5th, 1812, near Chantonnay, in the Vendee ;—fragment 
of 
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GALLERY. 
Nat. Hist. 
