[meteorite-list] NP Article, 07-1897 Meteorites Objects of Worship
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:05 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV72CfGHM2A7B00008204_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C34BCF.409BED60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Reno Evening Gazette =20 City: Reno, Nevada =20 Date: Sunday, July 18, 1897 OBJECTS OF WORSHIP It Is In That Way That Savages Usually Regard Meteorites Savages, whenever they come across meteorites of large size, are apt to r= egard them as objects of worship. Such however, was not the dignified fat= e of a very remarkable specimen that is now in the National museum, says = the Washington Post. This strange aerolite is four feet in diameter, weig= hing 1,400 pounds approximately, and has the shape of a ring. It was foun= d in the Santa Catarina mountains, and for a long time was used as an anv= il by Mexicans at Tucson. In this employment it was discoverd by Dr. Erwi= n, of the United States army, who bought it for a small sum, and gave it = to the Smithsonian institution. Doubtless the substance of this meteorite= originally was largely stony, but the stony parts became disintegrated a= nd disappeared after it fell, leaving the ring of iron. Of 400 meteors th= at have been seen actually to fall, only about a dozen were metallic, the= rest being mainly of stony material, though containing more or less iron= . On the other hand, nearly all of the meteorites picked up in a casual way= are masses of materal. It is probably the case of that a great majority = of such bodies are stony, but meteorites of that description do not attra= ct notice lying on the ground, being mistaken for ordinary stones. All of= these facts are extremely intercating in view of the belief now entertai= ned by science that the compostion of meteorites throws light upon the ma= keup of the terrestrial globe. In fact, according to this theory, the mak= e up of the earth is much like that of the average meteorite. Obviously, = the moment this assumption is made, the study of the structure of meteori= tes come in have extraordinary importance; for man's knowledge of the pla= net on which he lives is restricted almost entirely to the surface of it.= The bowels of the earth remain almost unknown. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C34BCF.409BED60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Paper:</B> Reno Evening Gazette </P><B> <P>City:</B> Reno, Nevada <= /P><B> <P>Date:</B> Sunday, July 18, 1897</P> <P> </P> <P>OBJECTS OF= WORSHIP</P> <P> </P> <P>It Is In That Way That Savages Usually Rega= rd Meteorites</P> <P> </P> <P>Savages, whenever they come across met= eorites of large size, are apt to regard them as objects of worship. Such= however, was not the dignified fate of a very remarkable specimen that i= s now in the National museum, says the Washington Post. This strange aero= lite is four feet in diameter, weighing 1,400 pounds approximately, and h= as the shape of a ring. It was found in the Santa Catarina mountains, and= for a long time was used as an anvil by Mexicans at Tucson. In this empl= oyment it was discoverd by Dr. Erwin, of the United States army, who boug= ht it for a small sum, and gave it to the Smithsonian institution. Doubtl= ess the substance of this meteorite originally was largely stony, but the= stony parts became disintegrated and disappeared after it fell, leaving = the ring of iron. Of 400 meteors that have been seen actually to fall, on= ly about a dozen were metallic, the rest being mainly of stony material, = though containing more or less iron.</P> <P>On the other hand, nearly all= of the meteorites picked up in a casual way are masses of materal. It is= probably the case of that a great majority of such bodies are stony, but= meteorites of that description do not attract notice lying on the ground= , being mistaken for ordinary stones. All of these facts are extremely in= tercating in view of the belief now entertained by science that the compo= stion of meteorites throws light upon the makeup of the terrestrial globe= . In fact, according to this theory, the make up of the earth is much lik= e that of the average meteorite. Obviously, the moment this assumption is= made, the study of the structure of meteorites come in have extraordinar= y importance; for man's knowledge of the planet on which he lives is rest= ricted almost entirely to the surface of it. The bowels of the earth rema= in almost unknown.</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.= com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY= ></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C34BCF.409BED60-- Received on Wed 16 Jul 2003 08:20:01 PM PDT |
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