[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>

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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.

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> <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><=
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