[meteorite-list] AD The Meteorite of El Nakhla El Baharia by John Ball (1912)
I have a copy of the following to sell, £40 UK Pounds + shipping. If interested please email me at book...@rmplc.co.uk Thanks, Eric Hutton The Meteorite of El Nakhla El Baharia, By John Ball, Ph.D., D.Sc, F.G.S. Survey Department Paper, No. 25 Pub. 1912 CONTENTS. Page 1 Introduction 3 General Characters of the Stones 4 Petrographical Characters of the Stones 7 Chemical Composition 11 Position of the Nakhla Meteorite in Classification 13 Remarks on the Origin of Meteorites 19 Possibility of Further Finds of Meteorites in Egypt Plates. I. Map showing the Locality where Stones fell II. The largest Stone collected from the Fall III.Figures of the Stone collected by Mr. Brigstock, showing its External and Internal Structure __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] meteoritehistory.info now back online
My web site http://www.meteoritehistory.info is now back online, its been unavailable for about 3 months, and is now with a new web hosting company. Check out the what's new page for 'recent' to the web site that is, at http://www.meteoritehistory.info/NEW.HTM Its some time since I mentioned the web site on meteoritecentral so I am repeating the background information here... The web site provides over 10,000 pages of information, 1281 articles, representing about 400 meteorite falls/finds and numerious reports of meteor showers and individual fireballs. The content was originally published on 3 CDs between 1998 and 2003, but is now freely available online and has been extended as additional items and time become available. The content is 69% in English, German makes up 19%, with French 11.5% and Spanish 0.5%. The original texts have been scanned, and are viewable on screen as 'photocopies'. At the top and bottom of each page are options to go forward to the next page, back to the previous page, or start at the first page. In addition the larger articles and books allow you to start at a particular page number, or use an index. Becuase of copyright restrictions almost all of the articles, reports and books are pre 1923 (USA copyright) or 70 years after death of author (UK) Enjoy. Eric Hutton. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Canvas de Onis Fall of 1866
Its mentioned in Walter Flight's 'A chapter in the history of meteorites'. (in English) which you can see at http://www.meteoritehistory.info/FLIGHT/VIEWCC/CC147.HTM And also the article it references (In Spanish) at http://www.meteoritehistory.info/SEHNM/SPANISH/VIEWS/V03P069.HTM If anyone would be willing to do a translation for the list that would be great! Its some time since I have mentioned my Meteors and Meterorites historic archive on MeteoriteCentral http://www.meteoritehistory.info Originally published as three CDs and a DVD this website provides over 9,800 pages of information on the subject taken from old journals and books. Each page is presented as a photocopy of the original page. In the few places where the information is maintained more up to date elsewhere there are links, such as the UK and Ireland Meteroite page, and those to W. F. Denning. But essentially you have the content of the CDs, minus the magnify option on each page. If you find this web site useful please consider making a donation for the running costs, thank you. (just $5 or £2.50) pays for a month. Eric Hutton. - Original Message - From: Chris Spratt cspr...@islandnet.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 10:24 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Canvas de Onis Fall of 1866 Does anyone have any more information on this Spanish fall. The Meteorite Catalogue has few details about the fall itself. Thanks, Chris Spratt Victoria, BC (Via my iPhone) __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Request from Kenya on suspect rock
I (Eric Hutton) am conected with the Federation of Astronomical Societies in the UK, and we recently had an unsolicited email asking is this a piece of a meteorite? I have put up the three photographs received (some are not that clear) here... www.meteoritehistory.info/image1.jpg www.meteoritehistory.info/image2.jpg www.meteoritehistory.info/image3.jpg together with the text of the original email... What do people think? If anyone want's to follow this up I can forward contact details. I don't wan't to post there email or contact details without asking first, maybe a small piece could be chipped off for analysis. Message follows... Dear People, My neighbor, Mr Jarvis Njoroge (pictured) says that he retrieved a whitish rock in Kitengela, about 40 km south east of Nairobi, Kenya, from maasai herdsmen who say it fell from the sky. There're no other rocks of that type in the area. It looks burnt on the edges and is probably a shard of something bigger. Might it be a meteorite? I have pictures of it and will be happy if you could guide me on where to send them. Thanks for your time, Kariuki Kiragu, Nairobi, Kenya __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteors and Meteorites an Historic Archive now available online
http://www.meteoritehistory.info/ Meteors and Meteorites an Historic Archive Originally published as three CDs and a DVD this website provides over 9,800 pages of information on the subject taken from old journals and books. Each page is presented as a photocopy of the original page. In the few places where the information is maintained more up to date elsewhere there are links, such as the UK and Ireland Meteroite page, and those to W. F. Denning. But essentially you have the content of the CDs, minus the magnify option on each page. Enjoy. Eric S. Hutton __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Could it be....
My earliest email I have saved is from 10th May 1997, amazing that I am still using the same personal email address!. Within the header of the email it says...archive/latest/325 this number seems to increment on later emails, so is the email I have the 325th posted to the list. It would be interesting to see the first few if anyone has copies. Eric Hutton. - Original Message - From: Alexander Seidel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:38 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Could it be ...that this, our METEORITECENTRAL list, is now slowly approaching it´s tenth year of existence? Art Jones, where art thou? Is there some truth to my sudden thought about this very list´s age? I have been one of the first members, and after my initial subscription here, often changed my internet provider, and as I am rather lazy than busy in some respects, I haven´t kept track of the exact timeline records, which now adds to my confusion of history facts. But anyway I somehow have the feeling that Art´s list might possibly approach 10 years of existence. Or am I completely wrong? Other oldtimers like Bernd or perhaps Cap´n Blood or other oldies-but-goodies may contribute more on this point... Hi Art - great job, still well and alive after all those years! Give him a hand up, folks! Alex Berlin/Germany __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] J.B.BIOT
Hi Pierre, Biot's book appears to be reproduced in full as a German translation in volume 16 of Annalen der Physik pages 44 to 71, published in 1804. This is reproduced on my latest Meteors and Meteorites volume 3 CD and also on the DVD version. If you like to buy a copy send me an email, for anyone else interested in the CD's or the new DVD see http://planetwhy.com/ In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: Hello Steve, Thanks for taking some time for searching J.B. Biot books. In fact, the original study about the L'Aigle Fall is entitled Relation dun voyage fait dans le département de lOrne pour constater la réalité dun météore observé à lAigle le 26 Floréal an 11 and was written in 1803. It's nearly impossible to find but it's one of the most important book about meteorites. It's the first to describe precisely what a strewnfield is and is a model of serious study of meteorite fall. Regards, Pierre -- Faites un voeu et puis Voila ! www.voila.fr __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Eric Hutton __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Old Roman coins
extract from the Catalogue of the Ward-Coonley collection of meteorites, by Henry A. Ward. 1904 edition. XI. MEDALS OF METEORITES. The people of antiquity looked upon the heavenly bodies as the places of abode of gods and being higher than mankind. Thus it came to pass that they gave divine worship to objects which were seen to fall from the celestail spaces. They built special temples, in which they preserved them with sacred care. They were also displayed for public worship under a priest appointed for the special purpose. These Meteorites received from the early Greeks the name Betyls, probably from the earlier Hebraic Beth-el, or home of God. In the early centuries--both B.C. and A.D.--the habit prevailed in Macedonia, Cyprus, Mallos, Perge, Sidon, Tripolis, Tyrus and many other places to make medals to commemorate the fall of meteorites. Such medals were struck by order of Philip II, Alexander III, Augustus, Caligula, Vespasian, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, Septimus Severus, Heliogabalus, and others. Dr Aristides Brezina, of Vienna, has given much study to this numismatic meteorology. From him our collection has received a series of sixty casts or replica of these medals. We give below Dr. Brezina's list of these with his prefatory words: BETYL COINS. By Dr. Aristides Brezina As the ancients supposed the stars to be the domiciles of gods, falling stars and falling meteorites signified to them the descending of a god or the sending of his image to the earth. These envoys were received with divine honors, embalmed and draped and worshipped in temples by emperors and autonomous cities. In general the image of a stone was first given in naturalistic manner, then by and by became more human-like. Many of these betyl coins represent stones expressly reported to have fallen from heaven. They present many common features, the likeness to obelisks or cones, and later on a half-human likeness or half-iconic form. So it came that similar representations of unknown origin were likewise supposed to represent meteorites in the same manner as among meteorites are recorded those seen to fall and others which had been only found and had been supposed to be meteorites because of the likeness to the former and their difference from terrestrial rocks. Betyls reported to have fallen from heaven are the Ompholos of Delphi, represented on coins of sixty-five towns and countries; the stone of Emisa (El Gabol) from seven towns; Zeus Katabates of Kyrrboro and Anazarbos, Zeus Keraunios (two towns); stone of Aphrodite Paphia (five towns); Artemis Ephesia (sixty-nine towns); stone of Astarte (eight towns); stones of Athena (seventeen towns). Betyl coins accepted by analogy are: The Pyramids of Apollon, the Stones of Zeus Dolicheros of Tarsos and of Zeus Kasios of Seleucia, the Simulacres of Artemis Pergia, Samian Hera, Persephone, etc., together 342 towns. Related celestial bodies are the Comets, represented on the coins of Rome and (in modern times) of Silesia. The present collection of sixty coins with meteorits symbols represents nineteen deites and thirty-seven towns. [Footnote..The full collection of Betyl medals of Dr. Brezina number several hundred kinds.] [ Lars, I have also some pictures from the 1901 edition which I will send seperate ] In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: Hello all Does anyone have an idea of how many different old Romans have relation to meteorites ? And does anyone have pictures/data of them ? If so, I will be happy if someone will send me the pics. I have a fast connection so hi reolution is ok. Best wishes Lars Pedersen __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Eric Hutton __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteors and Meteorites CD/DVD testers picked
The proof copies of the CD's and DVD's have now been sent out to the winners, Christian in Austria, Ken in Ireland, Peter in Switzerland and Elton in USA. To those who where not picked out, but would still like a copy you will only have to wait to mid September. When volume 3 and the DVD combining volumes 1,2 and 3 will be available. -- Eric Hutton __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Tester's for Meteors and Meteorites volume 3 required
Volume 3 of Meteors and Meteorites (an historic archive) CD is to be published soon, There will also be a DVD-ROM version combining volumes 1 to 3. I have 4 proof copies to give away to those willing to try them out and return comments and any suggestions. You have until 28th July to email me personally, do not reply to the list, when I will pick out the lucky winners out of a hat. Please indicate if you will be using a PC or Mac computer, and what you can read on your PC. Either a CD or a DVD. What is on the CD's ( a brief introduction )... Each CD in the series contains thousands of pages taken from old journals and books. Each page is presented as a photocopy of the original page. At the top and bottom of each page are options to go forward to the next page, back to the previous page, or start at the first page. THere are also various indexes to help you find the relevent information. a summary of the journal content on volume 3 follows: Anales and Boletin of the Sociedad Espanola de historia natural, Madrid (1872-96) American Journal of Science and Arts (1819-1918) Annalen der Physik (1800-1823) Journal of the Iron and Steel institute (1887-1902) Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1839-79) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Austraila (1860-1908) Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1861-69) Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada (1886-1922) -- Eric Hutton __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
