[meteorite-list]The New Concord Meteorite - Photos

From: Jim Strope <jim_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Mar 29 11:51:27 2005
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Mark and list members:

I took a trip to Marietta College to see the Main Mass of the New Concord
Meteorite a couple of years ago. Here are photos for your viewing pleasure:

http://209.238.151.128/newconcord.htm

Jim Strope
421 Fourth Street
Glen Dale, WV 26038

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----- Original Message -----
From: "MARK BOSTICK" <thebigcollector_at_msn.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:02 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] NPA 10-25-1975 I Remember..The New
ConcordMeteorite


> Paper: The Advocate
> City: Newark, Ohio
> Date: Saturday, October 25, 1975
> Page: 7
>
> 'I Remember, I Remember'
>
> Minnie Hits Moody
> The New Concord Meteor
>
> It has amazed me, these past few years, considering the meteoric rise
> of the fame of John Glenn, of whom Guernsey County may well be proud, that
> nobody has brought up the subject of the Guernsey County Meteor,
> frequently mentioned with awe even this far away when I was a child -
> Guernsey County then considered a remote spot, a full day's journey
> distant by Ohio Electric and B. & O., counting the wait in Newark and
> Zanesville to change lines and cars.
> Grandpa even had a souvenir of the meteor, one of the many stones
> which it scattered. It had been given to him some time afterward - he was
> not on the scene.
> According to Prof. Elias Loomis of Yale College (as it then was
> called) writing in Harper's Magazine for June, 1868, this meteor was one
> of the most remarkable then on record because of the large quantity of
> stones which fell to the earth. His article entitled, "Shooting Stars,
> Detonating Meteors and Aerolites," gives just about all the facts we know
> now, more than a century later, about this remarkable incident.
> Henry Howe, author of "Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio," also
> tells us a few particulars.
> On the 1st of May 1868, about half an hour after noon, an aerolite
> exploded over the western border of Guernsey County a little east of the
> village of New Concord. As it approached the earth, its brilliance nearly
> equaled that of the sun. A great number of distance detonations were
> heard, like the firing of canon, after which the sounds became blended
> together and were compared to the roar of a railway train. Several stones
> were seen to fall to the ground, and they penetrated the earth from two to
> three feet. The largest weighed 103 pounds, and is (date of 1868),
> preserved in "the cabinet of Marietta College." (Here I quote Yale's
> Professor Loomis.)
> Another stone was found which weighed 53 pounds; a third 51 pounds; a
> fourth between 40 and 50 pounds, and a fifth weighed 36 pounds. A small
> one, weighing about 15 pounds is preserved in "the cabinet of Yale
> College." After 30 stones were found; the entire weight of all the
> fragments was estimated at 700 pounds. Grandpa's stone was of trifling
> size, small enough to be held in the hand of a child. I looked for it in
> his desk when I was preparing this column, but it was not in the customary
> small drawer where he kept it. Which is hardly surprising. Grandpa has
> been dead 66 years.
> Owing to the cloudy state of the atmosphere near New Concord on May 1,
> 1860, conditions were unfavorable for accurate observation of the meteor's
> position in the heavens. It has been computer, however, that the meteor
> moved northwest; that its path was almost horizontal and its elevation
> about 40 miles above the earth's surface. The velocity of the Weston
> meteor relative to the earth was about 15 miles per second. Professor
> Lommis then adds, as of 1868, that there were 18 well-authenticated cases
> in which aerolites had fallen during the last 60 years, and their
> aggregate weight was 1,250 pounds.
>
> (end)
>
> Clear Skies,
> Mark Bostick
> Wichita, Kansas
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>
> PDF copy of this article, and most I post (and about 1/2 of those on my
> website), are 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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