[meteorite-list] NPA 03-21-1979 Urey in Hospital, Jilin Meteorite gift

From: martinh_at_isu.edu <martinh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Feb 24 21:18:46 2005
Message-ID: <e1337e1fe5.e1fe5e1337_at_isu.edu>

Hi Mark and All,

Speaking of Urey, did you happen to read my Meteorite Times Accretion Desk article about him and a special meteorite in my collection that was once his?

http://www.meteoritetimes.com/Back_Links/2004/October/Accretion_Desk.htm

Cheers,

Martin H


----- Original Message -----
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_msn.com>
Date: Thursday, February 24, 2005 6:53 pm
Subject: [meteorite-list] NPA 03-21-1979 Urey in Hospital, Jilin Meteorite gift

> Paper: Syracuse Herald-American
> City: Syracuse, New York
> Date: Wednesday, March 21, 1979
> Page: 5
>
> Dr. Harold C. Urey, who in 1934 won the Nobel Prize for
> chemistry and
> later helped develop the atomic bomb, is reported in stable
> condition in the
> coronary care unit at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif.
> A hospital spokeswoman said the 85-year-old scientist was
> admitted
> after suffering a possible heart attack Sunday. Has was resting
> comfortably.
> Urey, known for his
investigations on the origin of the
> universe,
> recently was invited to lecture in China after scientists there
> sent him a
> fragment of the famous Kirin meteorite. Because of his age and
> health, Urey
> declined the offer.
>
> (end)
>
> >From my article on Jilin postal items in Meteorites Times,
>
> "Jilin City, is also known as Chi-lin City or Kirin City. This
> industrial
> port city is located in northeastern China, in Jilin Province.
> Which also
> shares the names Chi-lin Province and Kirin Province. Jilin
> Province borders
> Russia in the north and North Korea in the east. Jilin means "along
> the
> river". The river is the Songhua River which flows along its side.
> Emperor
> Kang Xi of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 AD) made a famed inspection
> tour down
> this river in the mid-eighteenth-century. A verse composed by the
> Emperor,
> "Boat Sailing on the Songhua River" referred to Jilin as a river
> city and it
> struck."
>
> Clear Skie
s,
> Mark Bostick
> Wichita, Kansas
> http://www.meteoritearticles.com
> http://www.kansasmeteoritesociety.com
> http://www.imca.cc
>
> http://stores.ebay.com/meteoritearticles
>
> PDF copy of this article, and most I post (and about 1/2 of those
> on my
> website), is available upon e-mail request.
>
> The NPA in the subject line, stands for Newspaper Article. The old
> list
> server allowed us a search feature the current does not, so I guess
> this is
> more for quick reference and shortening the subject line now.
>
>
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