[meteorite-list] Nininger and Perry Letter's - Intermission 1
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:13 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV132hMOgRGkQ0000bb14_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C41F28.4E3F7130 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello list, I have decided to put little intermissions in between the letters which w= ill allow me to comment or answer e-mails, which not making me reply to e= very e-mail, and keeping it easier to follow for you archive lurkers. =20 Since this is intermission we should relax our eyes a little. If you have= been in front of the computer for over an hour, turn your head to the si= de and focuse on something across the room for 30 seconds. Trust me this = is good for you. The snack bar is now open. It is hard not to respect Nininger. He was by far from a perfect man and = some of the things he did or might have done, could be considered unethic= al or at the least not right. It is hard to credit Nininger with having a= ll these correct ideals. Do not get me wrong, whatever you are thinking m= eteorite wise, Nininger likely wrote three articles on it and found the t= ype specimen. But it would be fair to say that many of his ideals were wr= ong. But Nininger had, if I dare use such a relic word, spirit. He was al= so not afraid to ask questions. He was not afraid of a little field work.= He was not afraid to work against the grind. =20 What Nininger did best was promote meteorite interest. If you have read "= Find a Falling Star", you know the story of his struggle and his desire t= o build an institution for meteorite research. The Harvey Nininger - Stua= rt Perry letters verify and back up much of Nininger autobiography and hi= s fight. I do not want to spoil the letters so i will refrain from lettin= g you know history out of order and stop here. Understand that Nininger h= ad a dozen Stuart Perry's. And it is only because of these Perry's that N= ininger was able to do the things he did. I have always found the humanis= tic side of meteorites as interesting as the scientific side. By sharing = the Nininger - Perry letters I hope you gain a little more understanding = into Nininger and perhaps pick up a little more interest yourself. =20 Harvey, if your up there......could you make the next fall be in Wichita,= Kansas? Mark Bostick www.meteoritearticles.com Some of Stuart Perry publications include: The metallography of meteoric iron, by Stuart H. Perry. Washington, U.S. = Govt. print. off., 1944. 206 p.23 cm. =20 Reexamination of the Soper, Oklahoma meteorite. E.P. Henderson and Stuart= H. Perry, published in American Mineralogist, 1948, Volume 33, Nos. 11 a= nd 12, November-December. =20 A restudy of the Social Circle, Georgia, meteorite. E.P. Henderson and St= uart H. Perry, published in American Mineralogist, 1951, Volume 36, Nos.7= and 8, July-August. =20 The Mayodan meteorite, Rockingham, North Carolina. E.P. Henderson and Stu= art H. Perry, published in American Mineralogist, 1953, Volume 38, Nos. 1= 1 and 12, November-December. Discovered the mineral Perryite ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C41F28.4E3F7130 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><FONT size=3D2= > <P>Hello list,</P> <P>I have decided to put little intermissions in bet= ween the letters which will allow me to comment or answer e-mails, which = not making me reply to every e-mail, and keeping it easier to follow for = you archive lurkers. </P> <P>Since this is intermission we should relax o= ur eyes a little. If you have been in front of the computer for over an h= our, turn your head to the side and focuse on something across the room f= or 30 seconds. Trust me this is good for you. The snack bar is now open.<= /P> <P> </P> <P>It is hard not to respect Nininger. He was by far fr= om a perfect man and some of the things he did or might have done, could = be considered unethical or at the least not right. It is hard to credit N= ininger with having all these correct ideals. Do not get me wrong, whatev= er you are thinking meteorite wise, Nininger likely wrote three articles = on it and found the type specimen. But it would be fair to say that many = of his ideals were wrong. But Nininger had, if I dare use such a relic wo= rd, spirit. He was also not afraid to ask questions. He was not afraid of= a little field work. He was not afraid to work against the grind. </P> <= P>What Nininger did best was promote meteorite interest. If you have read= "Find a Falling Star", you know the story of his struggle and his desire= to build an institution for meteorite research. The Harvey Nininger - St= uart Perry letters verify and back up much of Nininger autobiography and = his fight. I do not want to spoil the letters so i will refrain from lett= ing you know history out of order and stop here. Understand that Nininger= had a dozen Stuart Perry's. And it is only because of these Perry's that= Nininger was able to do the things he did. I have always found the human= istic side of meteorites as interesting as the scientific side. By sharin= g the Nininger - Perry letters I hope you gain a little more understandin= g into Nininger and perhaps pick up a little more interest yourself. </P>= <P> </P> <P>Harvey, if your up there......could you make the next f= all be in Wichita, Kansas?</P> <P>Mark Bostick</P> <P>www.meteoritearticl= es.com</P> <P> </P></FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D2> <= P>Some of Stuart Perry publications include:</P> <P>The metallography of = meteoric iron, by Stuart H. Perry. Washington, U.S. Govt. print. off., 19= 44. 206 p.23 cm. </P> <P>Reexamination of the Soper, Oklahoma meteorite. = E.P. Henderson and Stuart H. Perry, published in American Mineralogist, 1= 948, Volume 33, Nos. 11 and 12, November-December. </P> <P>A restudy of t= he Social Circle, Georgia, meteorite. E.P. Henderson and Stuart H. Perry,= published in American Mineralogist, 1951, Volume 36, Nos.7 and 8, July-A= ugust. </P> <P>The Mayodan meteorite, Rockingham, North Carolina. E.P. He= nderson and Stuart H. Perry, published in American Mineralogist, 1953, Vo= lume 38, Nos. 11 and 12, November-December.</P></FONT><FONT face=3D"Times= New Roman" size=3D2> <P>Discovered the mineral Perryite</P></FONT></DIV>= </BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C41F28.4E3F7130-- Received on Sat 10 Apr 2004 07:19:04 PM PDT |
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