[meteorite-list] Family Claims Meteorite Fell In TheirCourtyard inIndia

From: barrat at univ-brest.fr <barrat_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:49:16 +0200
Message-ID: <1186652956.46bae31c9ae08_at_webmail-sdt.univ-brest.fr>

Martin,

your answer to Chris is just perfect...

cheers

Jean-Alix Barrat



> Hi Chris,
>
> Some figures:
>
> The museum of the Indian Geological Survey opened in Calcutta in 1856, in
> 1867 the meteorite collection there already had 247 specimens.
>
> London achieved that number of specimens (250) not before the 1880ies.
>
> Berlin, although they had acquired the collections of Chladni and Klapproth
> had in 1864 181 meteorite specimens.
>
> The collection in Moscow owned in 1868 45 specimens.
>
> The Washington collection started in 1870. The meteorite specimens donated
> of Smithson were lost in a fire before (has anyone numbers?)
>
> AMNH in New York received its first meteorite in 1872,
> The first catalogue published in 1896 lists 55 meteorite specimens.
>
> The Field Museum in Chicago started in 1893 in buying Ward's exhibition from
> the World's Columbian Exhibition - 170 specimens.
>
>
> So I guess, with that tradition, we can fully trust the Indian scientists to
> recognize a meteorite :-)
>
> Best!
> Martin
>
>
>
>
> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Chris
> Peterson
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 8. August 2007 20:19
> An: Meteorite Mailing List
> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Family Claims Meteorite Fell In TheirCourtyard
> inIndia
>
> I've pretty much come to the conclusion that when "India" and
> "meteorite" appear in the same story, it's going to be rubbish. I wonder
> if there's a single "scientist" in India who knows a thing about
> meteoritics?
>
> Chris
>
> *****************************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com
>
>
>
>
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