| Show meteoric stones catalogued cataloguer Catalo catalogued cataloguer Catalo gued mr charles U shepard of new haveri haven conn conni j writes to the journal for fuller information concerning the alleged meteoric stone 0 o recent notoriety and expresses an earnest desire to procure a piece of it thadd to add to ta his bis larger large coll collection eption mr shepard has been informed of the facts or rather the want of the facts in the case his letter amatea that he has been for 40 yearb years a diligent student of meteorology and that he has accumulated the largest collection of meteoric stones in the united states if not in the world he forwards a catalogue of his collection showing the number of stones and the date and locality of their wll wil all the collection embraces over meteoric stones and meteoric irons iron the total weight of we collection is about 12 1200 noo pounds the largest iron arc cured from frow colorado weighs pounds and the smallest from otsego county new york weighs half hair an ounce the largest anti entire stone procured from gum county ohio weighs 56 pounds and the smallest one from sweden weighs less than 50 grains the specimens cimenti have been gathered from all ali 11 parts of the world the catalogue begins with one which fell november 7 1492 in alsace and ends with one which fell february in iowa county iowa there are nane between 1492 and 1753 but most of the years since the latter date data are represented and some years by several specimens nearly every country in tile the known world Js is represented in the ils lir list at the entire collection is in one of i the buildings of amherst college mr ur shepard makes one statement which will surprise most persons he says bays there have been several instances of deaths occasioned by meteoric stones two monks monka in different places were thu thus killed skilled in itala Ital itai yand and two sailors on ship board in ST indianapolis jour jowh jodh naz nal no s 1 s i |
