[meteorite-list] Rock saw blades

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:04:49 2004
Message-ID: <3CE26FCC.7010909_at_fascination.com>

Dear List, Good-buddy-Bernd,
Bernd is a brain-iac! Marvelous information!
Refreshed day,
Dave F.

Bernd Pauli HD wrote:

>Darren Geswell wrote:
>
>>It is a tin can that was used as a field container to store
>>meteorite samples. It was the property of J. Lawrence Smith.
>>It was used in the field to store a find that is labeled "Broad-
>>head Missouri Met."I am afraid that I can't find that name and
>>I really don't know that much about J. Lawrence Smith. Any help
>>would be greatly appreciated. I like this can and would like to
>>know more about it. Thanks in advance - Darren Geswell
>>
>
>
>Hello Darren and List!
>
>To begin with, "Broadhead" does not refer to a meteorite but to
>G.C. Broadhead who wrote about the Butler, Missouri iron as
>did J.L. Smith:
>
>BROADHEAD G.C. (1875) On the discovery of a meteoric iron
>in Missouri - Butler (Amer. Journ. of Science 3-10, p. 401).
>
>SMITH J.L. (1877) Two new meteoric irons: Casey County
>and Dalton (American Journal of Science 14, p. 246).
>
>John Lawrence Smith (1818-1883) was born near Charleston, South
>Carolina. He studied science and medicine at the University of
>Virginia. He was an adventurous person who even became involved
>in mining ventures in Turkey. In 1852 he was appointed professor
>of chemistry at the University of Louisville, and, in 1862, he
>finally sold his meteorite collection to C.U. Shepard because
>he was afraid he would never be able to build a collection as
>the Civil War was raging in and around Louisville.
>
>J.L. Smith was among the last scientists who clung to the belief
>that all the meteorites came from the moon. If he had known that
>he was almost right because there are now more than two dozen
>lunar meteorites in our collections!
>
>Best regards,
>
>Bernd
>
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