[meteorite-list] Newspaper article, May 1879 Meteorite Origin
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:53:33 2004 Message-ID: <OE111vxo6AmX3qrB0Xn0001f38a_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_000A_01C29F6A.F8A4E0E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Manitoba Morning Free Press =20 Winnipeg, MB, Canada =20 Friday, May 2nd, 1879 Page: 2 Eminent scientists have been adopting new theories of Inte with regard to= meteoric masses. Tschermak holds that their structure proves them to be = of volcanic origin, and thinks that they must have been expelled from pla= nets so small that projectiles driven from them in volcanic eruptions wou= ld not be drawn back again by gravity. Dr. R. Ball, Astronomer-Royal for = Ireland, accepts the view of volcanic origin, but maintains that the plan= et from which they were expelled was the earth. To make this theory worka= ble it would require that the volcano should have a power of expelling pr= ojectiles at a velocity of 6 or 7 miles per second. The earth does not ap= pear to possess that power now, or if capable of so doing, she refrains f= rom exerting her full powers in this way. But in the remote past, there i= s every reason to believe, the earth possessed much greater volcanic ener= gy that she now does. If in these remote times - many millions of years, = perhaps before the surface of the earth was fit to be the abode of life -= there were colossal volcanoes on her surface, which had explosive energy= sufficient to expel missiles with a velocity great enough to carry them = away from the earth's surface, these missiles would then continue to move= in orbits round the sun, crossing at each revolution the point of the ea= rth's track from which they were originally discharged. If so, then there= would be at this moment an enormous number of these projectiles moving t= hrough the solar system, on paths of every degree of eccentricity and per= haps of inclination, all these paths possessing this characteristic, that= they would intersect the track of the earth. Whenever the earth in her m= otion around the sun chanced to reach a point where a meteoric path cross= ed hers, at or very near the time when the meteorite ifself was there, th= e meteorite would be reabsorbed by its parent planet. ------=_NextPart_001_000A_01C29F6A.F8A4E0E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><FONT size=3D1= > <P>Manitoba Morning Free Press </P> <P>Winnipeg, MB, Canada </P> <P>Fri= day, May 2nd, 1879</P> <P>Page: 2</P></FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman= " size=3D2> <P>Eminent scientists have been adopting new theories of Inte= with regard to meteoric masses. Tschermak holds that their structure pro= ves them to be of volcanic origin, and thinks that they must have been ex= pelled from planets so small that projectiles driven from them in volcani= c eruptions would not be drawn back again by gravity. Dr. R. Ball, Astron= omer-Royal for Ireland, accepts the view of volcanic origin, but maintain= s that the planet from which they were expelled was the earth. To make th= is theory workable it would require that the volcano should have a power = of expelling projectiles at a velocity of 6 or 7 miles per second. The ea= rth does not appear to possess that power now, or if capable of so doing,= she refrains from exerting her full powers in this way. But in the remot= e past, there is every reason to believe, the earth possessed much greate= r volcanic energy that she now does. If in these remote times - many mill= ions of years, perhaps before the surface of the earth was fit to be the = abode of life - there were colossal volcanoes on her surface, which had e= xplosive energy sufficient to expel missiles with a velocity great enough= to carry them away from the earth's surface, these missiles would then c= ontinue to move in orbits round the sun, crossing at each revolution the = point of the earth's track from which they were originally discharged. If= so, then there would be at this moment an enormous number of these proje= ctiles moving through the solar system, on paths of every degree of eccen= tricity and perhaps of inclination, all these paths possessing this chara= cteristic, that they would intersect the track of the earth. Whenever the= earth in her motion around the sun chanced to reach a point where a mete= oric path crossed hers, at or very near the time when the meteorite ifsel= f was there, the meteorite would be reabsorbed by its parent planet.</P><= /FONT><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_000A_01C29F6A.F8A4E0E0-- Received on Mon 09 Dec 2002 11:08:50 AM PST |
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