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I. Contributions Towards a History of British Meteorites
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2018
Abstract
As the rare descent of Meteorites or Aërolites affords us the only real tangible evidence we possess respecting the mineral constituents which exist beyond the limits of our own globe, a great degree of interest must always be attached to these stray visitors ; and although much has been written on the subject at different times, it has hitherto taken the form either of a bare catalogue of the date and place of occurrence ; or of scattered notices dealing only with individual cases. My desire is to collect these various records as far as they relate to each meteoric stone which has been known, or has been said to have fallen in Great Britain, and to endeavour to give as complete an account as possible of every instance; including not only the historical facts, but also notices Of mineralogical observations and references to authorities.
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- Research Article
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- Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 3 , Issue 13 , April 1879 , pp. 1 - 17
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- Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1879
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