LIST OF RECENT ADDITIONS.

B. Fall not Recorded.

[Arranged topographically.]

552

3o

Mainz,Hesse, Germany.

Described in 1857 by Seelheim: it had been turned up by a plough some years before.

Jahrb. d. Ver. für Naturk. im Nassau, 1857, p. 405.

33.0

553

3o

Oczeretna,Lipovitz, Kiev, Russia.

Found in the summer of 1871.

109.0

554

3o

Assam,India.

Found in 1846 in the refuse of the "Coal and Iron Committee's" collections, probably obtained from Assam.

Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, June, 1846, pp. xlvi, lxxvi.

539.0

555

4h

Goalpara,Assam, India.

Found among some specimens obtained from the neighbourhood of Goalpara: described by Haidinger in 1869.

Wien. Akad. Ber. 1869, vol. 59, part 2, p. 665.

1,187.0

556

3o

Kota-Kota,Marimba District, British Central Africa.

333.0

557

3o

Warbreccan,Windorah, Diamantina District, Queensland.

61,223.0

558

3o

Barratta,Deniliquin, New South Wales.

One person thought he saw it fall in the month of May, about 1860: another reports that he saw the mass lying on the ground in 1845.

Trans. Roy. Soc. of New South Wales, 1872, vol. 6, p. 97.

2,724.0

Two other masses were described by Liversidge in 1902.

Jour. and Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales, 1902, vol. 36, p. 350.

559

3o

Gilgoin,New South Wales: described by Russell in 1889.

Jour. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales, 1889, vol. 23, p. 47.

1,975.0

A second mass, found later, was described by Liversidge in 1902.

Jour. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales, 1902, vol. 36, p. 354.

560

3o

Makariwa,Invercargill, New Zealand.

Found in clay, about 2½ ft. from the surface, in 1879: described by Ulrich and L. F. in 1893-4.

Proc. Roy. Soc., 1893, vol. 53, p. 54: Mineralog. Magazine, 1894, vol. 10, p. 287.

62.0

561

3o

Tomhannock Creek,County, New York, U.S.A.

Found about the year 1863: described by Bailey in 1887: Brezina points out a close likeness of this stone, and also of "Yorktown," to those of Amana.

Rensselaer Amer. Jour. Sc. 1887, ser. 3, vol. 34, p. 60: Ann.d.k.k. Naturh. Hofmus. Wien, 1896, vol. 10, p. 251.

21.0

562

3o

Morristown,Hamblen County, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Found in 1887: described by Eakins in 1893.

Amer. Jour. Sc. 1893, ser. 3; vol. 46, p. 283.

560.0

563

3o

Elm Creek,Admire, Lyon County, Kansas, U.S.A.

Found in 1906: described by Howard in 1907.

Amer. Jour. Sci. 1907 ser. 4, vol. 23, p. 379.

912.0

564

3o

Waconda,Mitchell County, Kansas, U.S.A.

Found in 1873 in the grass, upon the slope of a ravine: described by Shepard and by Patrick in 1876.

Amer. Jour. Sc. 1876, ser. 3, vol. 11, p. 473: Trans. Kansas Ac. Sc. 1876, vol. 5, p. 12.

369.0

565

3o

Prairie Dog Creek,Decatur County, Kansas, U.S.A.

Reported and described by Weinschenk in 1895.

Tschermak's Min. und Petrog. Mitth. 1894-5, vol. 14, p. 471.

529.0

566

3o

Long Island,Phillips County, Kansas, U.S.A.

Reported and described by Weinschenk in 1895.

Ibid.

1,288.0

567

3o

Oakley,Logan County, Kansas, U.S.A.

Found in 1895: described by Preston in 1900.

Amer. Jour. Sc. 1900, ser. 4, vol. 9, p. 410.

2,495.0

568

3o

Kansada,Ness County, Kansas, U.S.A.

Found in 1894.

2,005.0

569

3o

Ness City,Ness County, Kansas, U.S.A.

Found in 1898: described by Ward in 1899.

Amer. Jour. Sc. 1899, ser. 4, vol. 7, p. 233.

667.0

570

3o

Utah,U.S.A.

Found in 1869 on the open prairie between Salt Lake City and Echo, Utah: described by Dana and Penfield in 1886.

Amer. Jour. Sc. 1886, ser. 3, vol. 32, p. 226.

4.0

571

3o

McKinney,Collin County, Texas, U.S.A.

290.0

572

3o

Bluff,3 miles S. W. of La Grange, Fayette County, Texas.

Found about 1878, and described by Whitfield and Merrill in 1888.

Amer. Jour. Sc. 1888, ser. 3, vol. 36, p. 113.

12,565.0

573

3o

Pipe Creek,Bandera County, Texas, U.S.A.

Found in 1887: described by Ledoux in 1888-9.

Trans. of New York Ac. of Sc., 1888-9, vol. 8, p. 186.

822.0

574

4a

Estacado,Hale County, Texas, U.S.A.

Found in 1902: described by Howard in 1906.

Amer. Jour. Sc. 1906, ser. 4, vol. 22, p. 55.

17,103.0

575

3o

Cobija,Tocopilla, Antofagasta, Chili, S. America.

Found in 1902: described by Ward in 1906.

Proc. Rochester Ac. Sci. 1906, vol. 4, p. 229.

252.0

576

3o

The Lutschaunig stone,Atacama, Chili.

Mineralog. Magazine 1889, vol. 8, p. 234.

92.0

577

3o

Carcote,Atacama, Chili, S. America.

Known since 1888: described by Sandberger in 1889.

Neues Jahrb. f. Min., 1889, vol. 2, p. 173.

2.0

578

3o

Santiago,Chili.

301.0

579

3o

Minas Geraes(?), Brazil.

Found without label among specimens which may have been brought from Minas Geraes: mentioned by Derby in 1888.

Revista do Observatorio, Rio de Janeiro, 1888.

65.0

580

3o

Indio Rico,Buenos Ayres, Argentina.

Described by Kyle in 1887.

Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, 1887, vol. 24, p. 128.

1·5

(Meteorites for the First Time Included in the List.)

Angelas

No.

210

Mern

No.

472

Billings

No.

131

Narraburra

No.

47

Boogaldi

No.

47

Rodeo

No.

182

Canyon City

No.

148

Santiago

No.

578

Cobija

No.

575

Shelburne

No.

551

Dokáchi

No.

550

Tanokami

No.

35

El Inca

No.

194

Uberaba

No.

549

Elm Creek

No.

563

Uwet

No.

36

Estacado

No.

574

Warbreccan

No.

557

Ilimaes

No.

236

Weaver's Mountains

No.

154

Kangra

No.

530

Willamette

No.

147

Kota-Kota

No.

556

Yonōzu

No.

326

Of the preceding meteorites the following have fallen within the British Isles:—

1. In England—

Wold Cottage

December

13,

1795

Launton

February

15,

1830

Aldsworth

August

4,

1835

Rowton

April

20,

1876

Middlesbrough

March

14,

1881

2. In Scotland—

High Possil

April

5,

1804

Perth

May

17,

1830

3. In Ireland—

Mooresfort

August,

1810

Adare

September

10,

1810

Killeter

April

29,

1844

Dundrum

August

12,

1865

Crumlin

September

13,

1902

One of them, Rowton, is a meteoric iron; the rest are meteoric stones.

NATIVE IRON (of terrestrial origin).(Pane 4m.)

Niakornak,Jakobshavn District, West Greenland. (Rink's iron).

Part of a lump obtained (1848-50) by Dr. Rink from a Greenlander who lived at Niakornak: it had been found not far from his home, lying loose on a pebble-strewn plain near the coast.

Oversigt over det koniglike danske vidensk. selsk. forh. 1854, p. 1.

Jakobshavn,West Greenland (The Pfaff-Öberg iron).

Part of a lump given by Dr. Pfaff of Jakobshavn to Dr. Öberg in 1870: it was said to have been found in the neighbourhood (perhaps near Niakornak).

Geological Magazine, 1872, vol. 9, p. 520.

Ovifak,Disko Island, West Greenland.

Found by Baron N. A. E. Nordenskiöld in 1870.

Geological Magazine, 1872, vol. 9, p. 460.

New Zealand(Jackson's Bay).

Found in 1885, and described by Skey in the same year (Awaruite).

Trans. and Proc. of New Zealand Institute, 1885, vol. 18, p. 401.

South America.

Found in an old collection; described by Högbom in 1902.

Bull. of the Geol. Instit. of the Univ. of Upsala, 1902, vol. 5, p. 277.

PSEUDO-METEORITES

which have been described as Meteorites.(In Drawers.)

Aachen,Rhenish Prussia.Braunfels,Coblenz.Campbell County,Tennessee, U.S.A.Canaan,Connecticut, U.S.A.Collina di Brianza,Milan, Italy.Concord,New Hampshire, U.S.A.Gross-Kamsdorf,Saxony.Haywood County,N. Carolina, U.S.A.Heidelberg,Germany.Hemalga,Desert of Tarapaca, S. America.Hommoney Creek,Buncombe County, N. Carolina, U.S.A.Igast,Livland, Russia.Kamtschatka,Asiatic Russia.Leadhills,Lanarkshire, Scotland.Long Creek,Jefferson County, New York, U.S.A.Magdeburg,Prussia.Nauheim,Giessen, Germany.New Haven,Connecticut, U.S.A.Newstead,Roxburghshire, Scotland.Nöbdenitz,Saxon Altenburg.Richland,S. Carolina, U.S.A.Rutherfordton,N. Carolina, U.S.A.St. Augustine's Bay,Madagascar.Scriba,Oswego County, New York, U.S.A.South America.Sterlitamak,Russia.Voigtland,Saxony.Waterloo,New York, U.S.A.

Meteorites are generally represented in collections by mere fragments of the original specimens, which often fail to give any idea of the original size and shape. Before division of a specimen a cast of it is sometimes prepared, and a representation of the size and shape is thus preserved.

Casts of most of the following meteorites are exhibited in the lower parts of the cases:—

The Trustees possess moulds of those meteorites in the preceding list of which the names are printed in italics, and casts may be obtained on payment of the necessary expenses. Applications should be made in writing to the formatori, D. Brucciani & Co., 254 Goswell Road, London, E.C.

TO THE METEORITES REPRESENTED IN THE COLLECTION ON MAY 1, 1908.

The names adopted for the meteorites are printed in thick type: the other names are synonyms.

The numbers correspond with those of the first column of the meteorite list.


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