[meteorite-list] NP Articlem 09-1917 Meteorites Origin A Puzzle
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:05 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV50r3gWgb12s00008378_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C34BCF.9D953260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Mountain Democrat =20 City: Placerville, California =20 Date: Saturday, September 01, 1917 SHOTS FROM THE SKY Meteors That Bombard Us and the Puzzle of Their Origin Most persons have no comprehension of the actual bombardment to which the= earth is continually subjected from the heavens. Millions of small meteo= rs enter the atmosphere every twenty-four hours, and in addition to these= it has been calculated that on the average not less than a hundred large= meteorites strike the earth somewhere every year. The small meteors are = totally consumed by the heat and friction, and only their slowly settling= dust ever touches the earth's surface, although any one of them if not r= esisted by the air would hit with from twenty to a hundred times the velo= city of the swiftest bullet. The big meteorites on the contrary, which frequently consist of solid iro= n, often get through the airy shield with enough of their original veloci= ty left to bury themselves many feet in the hardest soil. They constitute= a real peril. Although the chance of anybody being hit by a meteorite is= almost infinitely small, yet the annuals of mankind show that a few pers= ons have actually been killed by these strange shots from the sky. Whence do they come? The small meteors are apparently the debris of those= hardly less mysterious bodies, comets, but nobody has yet suggested a sa= tisfactory origin for the great meteorites. - Garrett P. Serviss in New Y= ork Journal. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C34BCF.9D953260 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: Mountain Democrat </P> <P>City: Placerville, California </P>= <P>Date: Saturday, September 01, 1917</P></B> <P> </P> <P>SHOTS FRO= M THE SKY</P> <P> </P> <P>Meteors That Bombard Us and the Puzzle of = Their Origin</P> <P> </P> <P>Most persons have no comprehension of t= he actual bombardment to which the earth is continually subjected from th= e heavens. Millions of small meteors enter the atmosphere every twenty-fo= ur hours, and in addition to these it has been calculated that on the ave= rage not less than a hundred large meteorites strike the earth somewhere = every year. The small meteors are totally consumed by the heat and fricti= on, and only their slowly settling dust ever touches the earth's surface,= although any one of them if not resisted by the air would hit with from = twenty to a hundred times the velocity of the swiftest bullet.</P> <P>The= big meteorites on the contrary, which frequently consist of solid iron, = often get through the airy shield with enough of their original velocity = left to bury themselves many feet in the hardest soil. They constitute a = real peril. Although the chance of anybody being hit by a meteorite is al= most infinitely small, yet the annuals of mankind show that a few persons= have actually been killed by these strange shots from the sky.</P> <P>Wh= ence do they come? The small meteors are apparently the debris of those h= ardly less mysterious bodies, comets, but nobody has yet suggested a sati= sfactory origin for the great meteorites. - Garrett P. Serviss in New Yor= k Journal.</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a f= ree on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C34BCF.9D953260-- Received on Wed 16 Jul 2003 08:22:37 PM PDT |
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