 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1808
...of fragments of this last stone, compared with its specifick gravity, we concluded that its weigTit could not have fallen much short of 200 pounds. All...possession weighs six pounds, and is very perfect in its charat teristicfc marks. Of smaller pieces we have a good collection. They possess every variety of... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1808
...weight could not have fallen much short of 200 pounds. Л11 the stones, when first found, were fribble, being easily broken between the fingers ; this was...found on Tashowa hill is the largest with which we are-acquainted. Mr. Bronson's is the next in size. The largest specimen in our possession weighs six... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1808
...;,izeof a man's fist, and was rapidly dispersed by numerous visitors, who carried it away at pleasuic. Indeed we found it difficult to obtain a sufficient...fraction of an ounce. The piece lately found on Tashowa bill is tl.e largest with which we are acquainted. Mr. Dronson's is the next in size. The largest specimen... | |
 | 1808
...said, because only comparatively small fragments of the great body of the meteor have been obtained. Few of the specimens weigh one pound, most of them...pound, and from that to the fraction of an ounce. Mr. Bronson's piece is the largest with which we are acquainted ; we possess the next, which weighs... | |
 | 1809
...saidj because only comparatively small fragments of the great body of the meteor have been obtained. Few of the specimens weigh one pound — most of them less than hulfa pound, -and from that to the fraction of an ounce. Mr. Kronson's piece is the largest with winch... | |
 | 1869
...rapidly dispersed by numerous visitors, who carried it away at pleasure. Indeed we found it difficult td obtain a sufficient supply of specimens of the various...Hill is the largest with which we are acquainted. Mr. Branson's is the next in size. The largest specimen in our possession weighs six pounds, and is very... | |
 | 1869
...that a large and heavy body had really fallen from the skies with tremendous momentum. From the best information which we could obtain of the quantity...Hill is the largest with which we are acquainted. Mr. Branson's is the next in size. The largest specimen in our possession weighs six pounds, and is very... | |
 | 1808
...said, because only comparatively small fragments of the great body of the meteor have been obtained. Few of the specimens weigh one pound — most of them...pound, and from that to the fraction of an ounce. Mr. Bronson-s piece is the largest with which we are acquainted ; we possess the next, which weighs... | |
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All the stones, when first found, were friable, being easily broken between the fingers ; this was especially the case, where they had been buried in the moist earth ; but by exposure to the air, they gradually hardened. This stone was all in fragments,... 