[meteorite-list] Meteorite Books and Quotes
From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:30 2004 Message-ID: <002301c20bf6$765d94e0$6701a8c0_at_cc516468a> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C20BD4.EF199A40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Everyone (again), No, it wasn't Steve Schoner who wrote the quote I mentioned earlier = (though it does sound a lot like Steve)!!! Just picking Steve :-) No winner as yet! -Walter ----------------------------------------------- Walter Branch, Ph.D. Branch Meteorites 322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B Savannah, GA 31405 USA www.branchmeteorites.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Walter Branch=20 To: Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 8:23 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Books and Quotes Hello Everyone, I am preparing another list of meteorite books (all at free shipping) = and I thought the following passage was mildly interesting. I will give = a 10% discount to the first person who can tell me who wrote this and = when he or she wrote it: "On account of the halo which naturally surrounds an object of such = mysterious origin, meteorites have been eagerly sought by collectors - = so eagerly, indeed, that stones and irons have been divided and = subdivided to a degree bordering on the absurd and far removed from = scientific. The desire on the part of collectors to secure = representatives of the fullest possible number of falls has not only led = them to bid prices high but has caused a stone - if only of moderate = size - to be broken into bits so widely distributed that it has been = impossible in later years to secure enough for study. Catalogs of = collections have been printed in which certain rare falls were = represented by fragments weighing but 0.1 or 0.2 gram or a little larger = than the point of an ordinary lead pencil. Prices have soared = accordingly and instances may be cited in which five to ten dollars a = gram has been paid. The small meteorite which fell in Kilbourn, = Wisconsin (Plate 40), in 1911, and passed through a board in the roof of = a barn, sold as high as seven dollars a gram, largely on this account, = as it was a stone of a common chondritic type. Obviously a meteorite = has no actual value and these prices are not only wholly artificial and = unscientific, but silly. It should be added that this condition is due = largely to the mere collector rather than the serious student. = Ambitious heads of departments on our public museums are, however, by no = means blameless." Okay, who was it? Best wishes, -Walter=20 ----------------------------------------------- Walter Branch, Ph.D. Branch Meteorites 322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B Savannah, GA 31405 USA www.branchmeteorites.com ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C20BD4.EF199A40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Everyone (again),</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>No, it wasn't Steve Schoner who wrote = the quote I=20 mentioned earlier (though it does sound a lot like = Steve)!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Just picking Steve :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>No winner as yet!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Walter</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR>-----------------------------------------------<BR>Walter = Branch,=20 Ph.D.<BR>Branch Meteorites<BR>322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B<BR>Savannah, = GA =20 31405 USA<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.branchmeteorites.com">www.branchmeteorites.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dbranchw_at_bellsouth.net = href=3D"mailto:branchw_at_bellsouth.net">Walter=20 Branch</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3DMeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">Meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 04, 2002 = 8:23=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] = Meteorite Books=20 and Quotes</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am preparing another list of = meteorite books=20 (all at free shipping) and I thought the following passage was mildly=20 interesting. I will give a 10% discount to the first person who = can tell=20 me who wrote this and when he or she wrote it:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"On account of the halo which = naturally surrounds=20 an object of such mysterious origin, meteorites have been eagerly = sought by=20 collectors - so eagerly, indeed, that stones and irons have been = divided and=20 subdivided to a degree bordering on the absurd and far removed from=20 scientific. The desire on the part of collectors to secure=20 representatives of the fullest possible number of falls has not only = led them=20 to bid prices high but has caused a stone - if only of moderate size - = to be=20 broken into bits so widely distributed that it has been impossible in = later=20 years to secure enough for study. Catalogs of collections have = been=20 printed in which certain rare falls were represented by fragments = weighing but=20 0.1 or 0.2 gram or a little larger than the point of an ordinary lead=20 pencil. Prices have soared accordingly and instances may be = cited in=20 which five to ten dollars a gram has been paid. The small = meteorite=20 which fell in Kilbourn, Wisconsin (Plate 40), in 1911, and passed = through a=20 board in the roof of a barn, sold as high as seven dollars a gram, = largely on=20 this account, as it was a stone of a common chondritic type. = Obviously a=20 meteorite has no actual value and these prices are not only wholly = artificial=20 and unscientific, but silly. It should be added that this = condition is=20 due largely to the mere collector rather than the serious = student. =20 Ambitious heads of departments on our public museums are, however, by = no means=20 blameless."</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Okay, who was it?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best wishes,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Walter </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2><BR>-----------------------------------------------<BR>Walter = Branch,=20 Ph.D.<BR>Branch Meteorites<BR>322 Stephenson Ave., Suite = B<BR>Savannah,=20 GA 31405 USA<BR><A=20 = href=3D"http://www.branchmeteorites.com">www.branchmeteorites.com</A></FO= NT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C20BD4.EF199A40-- Received on Tue 04 Jun 2002 02:34:29 PM PDT |
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