[meteorite-list] NP, 08-1891 Mount Joy Meteorite Article?
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:50 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV19RVPaVVkgs000170e0_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C409F9.E5C5F900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: New Oxford Item City: New Oxford, Pennsylvania Date: Friday, August 21, 1891 Sale of a Meteorite Mr. Jacob Snyder has sold the meteorite of which mention was recently mad= e in these columns. Mr. Snyder lives in the immediate vicinity of Two Tav= erns on what was a portion of the Young farm. His track is 17 acres. Thre= e years ago last fall while digging holes for an orchard, he struck this = meteorite which was about one foot under ground. When brought to the surf= ace, it was found to weigh 870 pounds. He placed it on a trestle in the a= djoining woods, where it materially hardened by exposure to the sun and a= ir. Correspondence with the Smithsonian Institute at Washington developed= the fact, y analysis of portions of it, that was over 98 per cent metall= ic, of which over 92 per cent. were iron, 4.88 of nickel and a trace of c= obalt. The Institution also stated that it is one of the large meteorites= yet discovered in this country. On the invitation of the Smithsonian Ins= titution, Mr. Snyder sent them the meteorite for their examination. Their= letters show that it fully met their expectations. Mr. Snyder had an off= er for it from an agent of the Institution, but he sold it Saturday last = to better advantage to Mr. Edwin E. Howell of Washington, for $650 cash, = he also to get apiece of it weight not less then five lbs, nor more than = ten lbs. when put in condition. This appears to the be the Mount Joy meteorite. Facts are a little off o= n weight and time of find, but not much. PDF copy available upon request= Mark Bostick www.meteoritearticles.com ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C409F9.E5C5F900 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><FONT size=3D2> <P>= Paper: New Oxford Item</P> <P>City: New Oxford, Pennsylvania</P> <P>Date:= Friday, August 21, 1891</P> <P> </P> <P>Sale of a Meteorite</P> <P>= Mr. Jacob Snyder has sold the meteorite of which mention was recently mad= e in these columns. Mr. Snyder lives in the immediate vicinity of Two Tav= erns on what was a portion of the Young farm. His track is 17 acres. Thre= e years ago last fall while digging holes for an orchard, he struck this = meteorite which was about one foot under ground. When brought to the surf= ace, it was found to weigh 870 pounds. He placed it on a trestle in the a= djoining woods, where it materially hardened by exposure to the sun and a= ir. Correspondence with the Smithsonian Institute at Washington developed= the fact, y analysis of portions of it, that was over 98 per cent metall= ic, of which over 92 per cent. were iron, 4.88 of nickel and a trace of c= obalt. The Institution also stated that it is one of the large meteorites= yet discovered in this country. On the invitation of the Smithsonian Ins= titution, Mr. Snyder sent them the meteorite for their examination. Their= letters show that it fully met their expectations. Mr. Snyder had an off= er for it from an agent of the Institution, but he sold it Saturday last = to better advantage to Mr. Edwin E. Howell of Washington, for $650 cash, = he also to get apiece of it weight not less then five lbs, nor more than = ten lbs. when put in condition.</P> <P></FONT> </P> <P>This appears = to the be the Mount Joy meteorite. Facts are a little off on weight= and time of find, but not much. PDF copy available upon request.</= P> <P>Mark Bostick</P> <P><A href=3D"http://www.meteoritearticles.co= m">www.meteoritearticles.com</A></P> <DIV><BR> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C409F9.E5C5F900-- Received on Sun 14 Mar 2004 08:23:57 PM PST |
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