[meteorite-list] 1906 Selma Meteorite NPA

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:54:16 -0600
Message-ID: <BAY111-F14C026DF56B7FB2E4B4E90B3A20_at_phx.gbl>

Paper: The Newport Daily News
City: Newport, Rhode Island
Date: Sunday, December 22, 1906
Page: 4 (of 10)

METEORITE FOUND IN A HAYFIELD.

     The largest entire stone meteorite ever found, according to Professor
Hovey, of the Museum of Natural History, New York. It was found March 26 in
a hayfield about two miles from Selma, Ala., by J. W. Coleman. It is 20?
inches high, 20 inches wide and 13 inches thick, and weighs 306 pounds. In
shape it is roughly polygonal.
     Professor Hovey says that most aerolites break to pieces while passing
through the earth's atmosphere, probably on account of unequal heating due
to friction. The meteorite had evidently lade embedded where it fell since
1895. July 26 of that year several people, living in the vicinity heard a
rumbling noise and saw a flaming mass shooting toward the earth.

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