PROGRESS OF METEORIC ASTRONOMY IN AMERICA. 
319 
Discovered. AEeteorites.. 
1 Number. 
Weight. 
Authority. 
Remarks. 
1 
1,400 lbs. 
Joseph Henry. 
The “Ainsa ” or “Tucson” meteorite. 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
11,819 “ 
2,000 “ 
1,635 “ 
1,700 “ 
The “Bendego” meteorite. 
Weight 30,000 or 40,000 lbs. 
7 
36 lbs. 
B. Silliman. 
8 
150 “ 
B. Silliman. 
9 
28 “ 
C. U. Shepard. 
10 
2 “ 
C. U. Shepard. 
11 
0.1 lb. 
C. U. Shepard. 
Rammelsburg thought this was not a meteorite. 
12 
C. U. Shepard. 
“A few ounces.” Dr. Genth thought it was Spiegeleisen, 
13 
165 lbs. 
G. Troost. 
14 
8 “ 
C. U. Shepard. 
15 
40 “ 
C. T. Jackson. 
16 
30 “ 
C. U. Shepard. 
One date given is 1845. 
17 
324 “ 
C. U. Shepard. 
18 
72 “ 
J. E. Willett. 
19 
1.3 “ 
C. U. Shepard. 
20 
17 “ 
R. P. Greg. 
Found in the desert of Tarapaca. 
21 
2,000 “ 
G. Troost. 
22 
9.9 “ 
G. Troost. 
23 
117 “ 
C. U. Shepard. 
Found on “ Ruff’s Mountain.” 
24 
J. B. Rogers. 
“ Original mass of many pounds’ weight.” 
25 
280 lbs. 
W. B. Rogers. 
No weight given. 
26 
G. Troost. 
27 
29 “ 
G. Troost. 
Found near Babb’s mill. j 
28 
36 “ 
G. Troost. 
29 
C. U. Shepard. 
Weighed 276 grains. 
30 
Robert Gilmore.... 
Weighed “15 or 20 pounds.” 
31 
G. Troost. 
Weighed 15 oz. 
32 
36 lbs. 
C. U. Shepard. 
33 
19 “ 
G. Troost. 
34 
0.6 lb. 
F. A. Genth. 
35 
292 lbs. 
B. Silliman. 
36 
9 “ 
Date somewhat doubtful. 
37 
8 “ 
B. Silliman. 
38 
39 
40 
41 
2.5 lbs. 
15 “ 
0.3 lb. 
C. U. Shepard. 
Original mass lost. 
42 
60 lbs. 
C. U. Shepard. 
Also described by J. L. Smith. 
43 
370 “ 
T. Sterry Hunt. 
44 
O. U. Shepard. 
Weight about oz. 
The “Couch” meteorite. 
45 
252 lbs. 
J. L. Smith. 
46 
47 
0 .21b. 
35 lbs. 
G. J. Brush. 
48 
0 .11b. 
G. J. Brush. 
49 
197 lbs. 
C. U. Shepard. 
50 
15 “ 
C. U. Shepard. 
51 
C. U. Shepard. 
Weighed 66 grains. 
52 
0.3 lbs. 
W. J. Taylor. 
Found in an Indian mound. 
53 
. 4.7 “ 
W. E. Hidden. 
54 
85.8 “ 
F. Breundecke. 
28. A. J. S. XLIXx, 341; II 2 , 391. 
29. A. J. S. II 2 , 391; XV 2 , 16. 
30. A. ,J. S. II 2 , 392; IV 2 , 87. 
31. A. J. S. II 2 , 357 ; XV 2 , 21. 
32. A. AS. Vlfo, 449 ; XV,, 21. 
33. A. J. S. V 2 , 351 ; XVo, 21 . 
34. A. J. S. XV 2 , 22; X1I 3 ,72. 
35. A. J. S. XVo, 7 ; Proc. A. A. A. S. 1850, Vol. 
II, 37. 
36. A. J. S. XIV 2 , 439 ; XV 2 , 363. 
37. A. J. S. XV 2 , 22; Proc. A. A. A. S. 1850, 36. 
38. A. J. S. XL1I 2 , 250. 
39. A. J. S. XVII 2 , 329. 
40. A. J. S. XVII 2 , 328. 
41. A. J. S. XIX 2 , 153. 
42. A. J. S. XVII 2 , 131, 325 ; XIXo, 153. 
43. A.J. S. XlXo, 417, 
44. A. J. S. XVITo, 327. 
,, ? A. J. S. XIX 2 ,160. 
■ \ Smithsonian Report, 1863, 56. 
46. A. J. S. XXX 2 , 240 ; XXXlo, 459. 
47. A. J. S. XXX 2 , 204; XXXIIo, 146. 
48. A. J. S. XXX 2 , 240 ; XXXIo, 459, 
49. A. J. S. XXXo,205; XXXIV 3 , 467. 
50. A. J. S., XXXo, 240 ; XXXIo, 459. 
„ ( A. J. S. XXXI 2 , 459. 
' t Trans. St.. Louis Acad. Sci. I, 623. 
52. A. J. S. XXIV 2 , 293. 
53. A. J. S. XXXI 3 ,463. 
54. Smithsonian Report 1869, 417. 
