With all the comotion a war produces, it's not surprising that people might overlook the roar, thunder and flash of a simple meteorite?!
Jerry
----- Original Message ----- From: "MARK BOSTICK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NPA 01-03-1821 Possible Lixna MeteoriteFallarticle
Martin asked "Mark, regarding the dates: Lixna fell on July 12, 1820; the St. Petersburg date is Sept. 18 (1820?), and the Paper date is January 3, 1821. Is my assumption correct that the Republic Compiler running a translated story from the St. Petersburg, Russia newspaper?"
That is correct Martin. The newspaper has two news notes under the Sept. 18, St. Peterburg date. The other was not meteorite related so I left it off. In 1820-21 European newspapers came to America by boat (of course). Three months apprears to be normal news travel time, although I should sometime make a comparison in how fast meteorite news traveled.
Getting a little off subject, I don't think times of war affect this much as there seem to me a lack of war time finds and falls. Or at least it seems to me there should be war time falls, as one would think people would be outside more often. I have had trouble locating Civil War era meteor and meteorite papers while the years around the Civil War, they seem more common. Then again as my archives grow perhaps I will find this to be untrue.
Ok, now off to lunch....hmm...food,
Mark www.meteoritearticles.com
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