[Fwd: [meteorite-list] Whitestone township/patent bucket

From: John Gwilliam <jkg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:04:44 2004
Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20020503002430.009f2100_at_mail.theriver.com>

To narrow down the possibilities, a search of the COM CD database with the
following items in the query might work.

Australia
Whitestone Township
> 10kg
before 1881
fall

Someone else might come up with a few more variables that would have to be
tried in different combinations for the queries to find the right
one............if it was saved.

BTW, where was the wife at the time of this incident;-)

Cheers,

John

At 12:01 PM 5/2/02 -0800, Michael Blood wrote:
>Hi Walter, Francis, Ken & all,
> OK on the Patent Bucket - but has anyone heard of a meteoritete
>called "Whitestone township?" It isn't in "A to Z" or the British
>catalog.
>Certainly, it would have been kept!? Any indications of another name
>for it?
> Anyone?
> RSVP
> Thanks, Michael
>-----
>magellon wrote:
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A curious reference
> > Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 14:41:44 -0400
> > From: magellon <magellon_at_earthlink.net>
> > To: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_earthlink.net>
> > References: <20020501022114.31235.qmail_at_web12905.mail.yahoo.com>
> <J8SDT+LzVX08Ew6$_at_wingar.demon.co.uk>
> <000f01c1f207$964ce840$53f0b83f_at_cc516468a>
> >
> > This site has a pict of 1851 2 gal patent bucket:
> > Tin Ware
> > Best,
> > Ken
> >
> > Walter Branch wrote:
> >
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > Does anyone know what is "patent bucket" is and how large it
> > is?
> >
> > Since a retrievable reference is supplied, I will go ahead
> > and add this one
> > to my list of meteorites that have hit things. Perhaps
> > someone could do
> > further research on this one in the future.
> >
> > -Walter
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > Walter Branch, Ph.D.
> > Branch Meteorites
> > 322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B
> > Savannah, GA 31405 USA
> > www.branchmeteorites.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alan Pickup" <alan_at_wingar.demon.co.uk>
> > To: "Francis Graham" <francisgraham_at_rocketmail.com>
> > Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 1:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A curious reference
> >
> > > Francis Graham <francisgraham_at_rocketmail.com> writes
> > > >Now here's a curious reference:
> > > >
> > > >English Mechanic "Killed by a Meteor" 1880 06 04
> > > >
> > > >Alas. My library does not have this. I could do an
> > > >interlibrary request, but if this has your curiosity
> > > >aroused too, and your library has back issues of the
> > > >"English Mechanic", it will save time if you share a
> > > >synopsis.
> > >
> > > Francis (& list),
> > >
> > > I have unearthed the copy of the "English Mechanic and
> > World of Science"
> > > No 793 for June 4, 1880, in the library of the Royal
> > Observatory,
> > > Edinburgh. There is a one paragraph note (p316 of the
> > volume) that
> > > reads:
> > >
> >
> _______________________________________________________________________
> >
> > > Killed by a Meteor -- The "South Australian register" for
> > April 3 quotes
> > > the "Littleton Times" as stating that as David
> > Meisenthaler, a
> > > well-known stockman of Whitestone township, was driving
> > his cows to the
> > > barn about daylight a short time ago, he was struck by an
> > aerolite and
> > > instantly killed. It appears as if the meteor had come
> > from a direction
> > > a little west of south, and fell from an angle of about 60
> > degrees, for
> > > it first passed through a tall maple, cutting the limbs as
> > clean as if
> > > it had been a cannon-ball, and then struck him apparently
> > on or under
> > > the shoulder, passing clean through him obliquely from
> > below the right
> > > shoulder to above the left hip, and buried itself about
> > two feet in the
> > > soft black ground. The poor man's head and legs were
> > injured, but the
> > > greater part of his body seems to have been crushed into
> > the earth
> > > beneath the terrific aerolite, which was about the size of
> > a common
> > > patent bucket, and apparently of a rough, round shape. It
> > appeared to be
> > > formed of what is called iron pyrites.
> > >
> >
> _______________________________________________________________________
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Alan
> > > --
> > > Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707: 55.8968N 3.1989W +208m
> > (WGS84 datum)
> > > Edinburgh / SatEvo & elsets:
> > http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/
> > > Scotland / Decay Watch:
> > http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
> > > *
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Received on Fri 03 May 2002 03:30:09 AM PDT