If anyone has received this already, my apologies. I am having trouble
sending as well as receiving messages.
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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