PROGRESS OF METEORIC ASTRONOMY IN AMERICA. 317 
Observed. Meteorites. 
Number. 
Weight. 
Authority. 
Remarks. 
1 
88 
lbs. 
Seen to fall by the father of one of the oldest 
Indians. 
2 
300 
“ 
Nathan Wheeler. 
Observed by many persons. 
3 
3 
U 
Madison. 
4 
4 
A. Dinsmoor. 
5 
16.5 
“ 
W. D. Harrison. 
6 
11 
“ 
7 
4 
U 
8 
36 
Elias Beall. 
q 
Weight “ rather more than half an ounce.” 
10 
9 
lbs. 
G. Troost. 
J. L. Smith gives the date as August 1 . 
11 
0.5 
lb. 
12 
50 
lbs. 
Mr. Harrison. 
13 
Weight 370.5 grains. 
14 
13 
lbs. 
O. U. Shepard. 
15 
H. E. Syrnonds. 
Fall witnessed by 1,400 soldiers. About a cubic 
f 
E. S. Dana. 
yard of the mass remained above the surface 
16 
4.5 
lbs. | 
S. L. Penfield. 
of the ground. 
17 
130 
lbs. 
D. C. Rogers. 
18 
0.1 
lb. 
Giles Gardner. 
19 
19.5 
lbs. 
H. Host. 
20 
3.9 
“ 
James B. Dooley. 
21 
22 
C. U. Shepard. 
Fell in the “summer” of 1857. 
23 
3.7 
ibs. 
Several observers. 
24 
Mr. Scott. 
25 
C. U. Shepard. 
“Smaller than a pigeon’s egg.” 
26 
460.2 
lbs. 
27 
J. L. Smith. 
28 
4.5 
ibs. 
W. Brown. 
29 
1.7 
“ 
Jas. W. Hooper. 
30 
0.8 
lb. 
Mrs. Buck. 
31 
12 
lbs. 
32 
33 
500 
lbs. 
Many observers. 
34 
35 
0.8 
lb. 
A. J. Morris. 
36 
100 
lbs. 
37 
15 
“ 
“Fell in the afternoon.” 
38 
750 
“ 
39 
C. U. Shepard. 
.Several pieces ; the largest weighed about 2 lbs. 
40 
“Small.” 
Ward and Howell. 
Not yet described. 
41 
8.7 
lbs. 
W. E. Hidden. 
42 
107.5 
u 
G. F. Kunz. 
43 
0.75 lb. 
E. E. Howell. 
44 
184 
lbs. 
G. F. Kunz. 
Probably more fragments to be discovered. 
23. A. J. S. XXVIir 2 , 409. 
24. Owens’ 2 d Geolog. Reconnaissance of Arkansas, 408. 
25. A. J. S. XXX 2l 206. 
f A. J. S. XXXo 103, 207, 296 ; 
26 ' 1 A. J. S. XXX lo, 87 ; XXXIE, 30. 
27. A'. J. S. XIr 3 , 207r 
28. A. J. S. XblX 2 , 90. 
29. A. J. S. XLVIIIs, 240. 
30. A. J. S. L 2 , 335, 339. 
31. A. .T. S. Il 3 , 133, 200. 
32. A. J. S. X 8 , 147. 
33. A. J. S. 1X 3 , 407, 459 ; X 3 , 44, 357. • 
34. A. J. S. XII 3 , 316. 
35: A. J. S. XILI 3 , 207, 243. 
36. A. J. S. XUI 3 , 243 ; XIV 3 ,219. 
37. A. J. S. XIII 3 , 243; XIV 3 , 219. 
38. A. J. S. XVIII 3 , 77,186; XIX 3 , 459,495; XX 3 , 136. 
39. A. J. S. XXX 3 ,105. 
40. 
41. A. J. S. XXXIII 3 , 221. 
42. A. J. S. XXXIII 3 , 494, 500. 
43. Science, N. Y., March 7,1890,167. 
44. Science, N. Y., May 16, 1890, 304. 
