[meteorite-list] NPA 07-1925 Early Nininger paper, Kansas Meteorites
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:49 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV25gbZ9dgdzR00015757_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_002E_01C40820.8C4F7610 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Appleton Post Crescent City: Appleton, Wisconsin Date: Monday Evening, July 20, 1925 Page: 5 KANSAS KNOWN AS LANDING STATION FOR METOERITES Scientist Asserts Middle State Has No Undue Attraction for Stars By Assiciated Press McPherson, Kan. - Kansas has attained a reputation beyond this planet as = a landing field for stray meteorites, but that reputation would not stand= the test of science, declared Prof. H. H. Nininger of McPherson college,= past president of the Lansas Academy of Science, in an address on the su= bject of meteorites. The belief that Kansas, center of the United States, exerts some unexplai= ned influence on the heavenly wanderes, is without foundation in fact, th= e professor asserted. A chart of recorded meteoritic falls disclosed that= one-fifth of the significant finds in the world have been in Kansas and = this has led, according to Professor Nininger, to the popular and failaci= ous impression that this state is peculiarly attractive to meteorites. Two explanations he offered for the apparent monopoly Kansas has maintain= ed: the character fo the soil and the interest aroused in the science. "The finding of stony meteorites." Professor Nininger pointed out, "which= have not been seen to fall, may be considered among the rarest events in= the annals of meteorites. In only two localities on this continent have = such finds occurred in numberd - western Kansas and the coastal plains of= Texas. In both of these regions the soil is comparatively free from terr= estrial rocks." This, he said, facilititates distinguishing meteoric ston= es from the earth. A series of witnessed falls of now famous iron and stone meteorites also = had kept scientific circles, the public and the press interested in Kansa= s for long periods, he said, with the result that farmers began to believ= e that the heavy stones with which they were weighing down fences and roo= fs were in fact meteorites. Thus were the discoveries multiplied. Scientists have never satifactority acconted for the concentration of iro= n meteorites in large showers. Professor Niniger told his audience. One t= heory is that such showers are remnants of dinintegrating comets which ha= ve "side-swiped" the earth. This, he said, may explain the huge crater in= northest Arizona, devoid of volcanic rock and surrounded by traces of ir= on meteoritic fals, which geologists believe marks the entrance into the = earth of a monster meteorite. Hello list, PDF file is available for this and about 1/4 of the newspapers currently = archived on my website, www.meteoritearticles.com. Finding, transcrbing, = getting PDF copies and archiving on my website, besides (sometimes) posti= ng them to the list, takes quite a bit of time so my personal archives wi= ll always be a lot larger then what is on the website. I have also avoide= d archiving a lot of the recent newspaper articles on my site to concentr= ate on the older ones. I do my best to provide a (free) research service = in this department and will start making attempts to be able ot share PDF= copies from now on. Requests may take a couple days and to be honest it = will be a few years before I see myself being of any great service. =20 Mark Bostick ------=_NextPart_001_002E_01C40820.8C4F7610 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>Paper: Appleton Post Crescent</P> <P>City: Appleton, Wisconsin</P> <= P>Date: Monday Evening, July 20, 1925</P> <P>Page: 5</P> <P> </P> <P= >KANSAS KNOWN AS LANDING STATION FOR METOERITES</P> <P>Scientist Asserts = Middle State Has No Undue Attraction for Stars</P> <P>By Assiciated Press= </P> <P> </P> <P>McPherson, Kan. - Kansas has attained a reputation = beyond this planet as a landing field for stray meteorites, but that repu= tation would not stand the test of science, declared Prof. H. H. Nininger= of McPherson college, past president of the Lansas Academy of Science, i= n an address on the subject of meteorites.</P> <P>The belief that Kansas,= center of the United States, exerts some unexplained influence on the he= avenly wanderes, is without foundation in fact, the professor asserted. A= chart of recorded meteoritic falls disclosed that one-fifth of the signi= ficant finds in the world have been in Kansas and this has led, according= to Professor Nininger, to the popular and failacious impression that thi= s state is peculiarly attractive to meteorites.</P> <P>Two explanations h= e offered for the apparent monopoly Kansas has maintained: the character = fo the soil and the interest aroused in the science.</P> <P>"The finding = of stony meteorites." Professor Nininger pointed out, "which have not bee= n seen to fall, may be considered among the rarest events in the annals o= f meteorites. In only two localities on this continent have such finds oc= curred in numberd - western Kansas and the coastal plains of Texas. In bo= th of these regions the soil is comparatively free from terrestrial rocks= " This, he said, facilititates distinguishing meteoric stones from the e= arth.</P> <P>A series of witnessed falls of now famous iron and stone met= eorites also had kept scientific circles, the public and the press intere= sted in Kansas for long periods, he said, with the result that farmers be= gan to believe that the heavy stones with which they were weighing down f= ences and roofs were in fact meteorites. Thus were the discoveries multip= lied.</P> <P>Scientists have never satifactority acconted for the concent= ration of iron meteorites in large showers. Professor Niniger told his au= dience. One theory is that such showers are remnants of dinintegrating co= mets which have "side-swiped" the earth. This, he said, may explain the h= uge crater in northest Arizona, devoid of volcanic rock and surrounded by= traces of iron meteoritic fals, which geologists believe marks the entra= nce into the earth of a monster meteorite.</P> <P> </P> <P>Hello lis= t,</P> <P>PDF file is available for this and about 1/4 of the newspapers = currently archived on my website, www.meteoritearticles.com. Finding, tra= nscrbing, getting PDF copies and archiving on my website, besides (someti= mes) posting them to the list, takes quite a bit of time so my personal a= rchives will always be a lot larger then what is on the website. I have a= lso avoided archiving a lot of the recent newspaper articles on my site t= o concentrate on the older ones. I do my best to provide a (free) researc= h service in this department and will start making attempts to be able ot= share PDF copies from now on. Requests may take a couple days and to be = honest it will be a few years before I see myself being of any great serv= ice. </P> <P>Mark Bostick</P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_002E_01C40820.8C4F7610-- Received on Fri 12 Mar 2004 11:55:35 AM PST |
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