With the reports of a possible fall of a meteorite in Co. Tipperary,
Ireland, it's interesting to note that the Mooresfort meteorite fell in Co.
Tipperary in August 1810, slightly over 200 years ago.
A paper of mine involving the history of the Mooresfort meteorite and how it
led to one of the greatest battles in the history of chemistry - the battle
over who developed the atomic theory - John Dalton or William Higgins - is
scheduled for publication in Notes & Records of the Royal Society in
December 2010.
You can view the abstract of the article, which is entitled "William Higgins
at the Dublin Society, 1810-1820: the loss of a professorship and a claim to
the atomic theory" at the FirstCite section of the journal:
http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/firstcite
The article is listed in the middle of the page under the date July 28.
Just click on the abstract link.
Notes & Records of the Royal Society should be available at most college and
museum libraries. The article will be freely available at the Notes &
Records website one year after publication.
It's a very interesting story about the Mooresfort meteorite which I think
many of the list subscribers might enjoy.
Mark Grossman
Author of "Smithson Tennant: meteorites and the final trip to France", Notes
& Records of the Royal Society 2007 61, 265-283.
http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/61/3.toc
Mark Grossman
28 Cypress Lane
Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
USA
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