[meteorite-list] The Ward-Coonley Catalogue of Meteorites - 1904

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:06:10 -0500
Message-ID: <5E862D7811F2409E8E9B5EF205C426F1_at_ATARIENGINE2>

Count, List,

I didn't upload this to Archive.org. I just stumbled
across it and, even before I snatched a copy for myself,
realized that many Listees would like to know about it.

The good thing is that this copy is a "true" formatted PDF
from an OCR scan, not a collection of scanned jpegs. You
can select a portion of the text or images and copy them
out of the PDF and paste them elsewhere.

If you use the "Search" function at Archive.org for
"meteorites", you get 251 returned items, usually
older (and out-of-copyright) meteorite literature.
The scientific publications are usually very outdated,
but there's a lot of historical accounts.

For example, there's the Field Museum publications
on individual falls, like BENLD, the first meteorite
known to hit a car, with the full story as well as
pictures of the car (and the garage in which it was
parked at the time it was punctured).

Take a look at the front end of Archive.org:
http://www.archive.org/

Over two million books, over a quarter million movies,
over a half-million audio files, and archival copies of
150 billion vanished webpages.

Let me think, how many hard drives is that?


Sterling K. Webb
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The Ward-Coonley Catalogue of Meteorites -
1904


> Sterling K. Webb and List,
>
> My sincere thanks to Mr. Webb in appreciation for what I consider a
> rare and priceless gift. Very, very good of you to make this
> historical material available to everyone. I know that I speak for
> the List when I say that it is thoughtfulness like this that makes it
> a joy to subscribe to these postings.
>
> Best personal regards,
>
> Count Deiro
> IMCA 3536
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
>>Sent: Jun 22, 2010 12:35 AM
>>To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>Subject: [meteorite-list] The Ward-Coonley Catalogue of Meteorites -
>>1904
>>
>>Dear List,
>>
>> For those interested in historical meteorites and
>>historical meteorite collections, the Third Catalogue
>>of Henry A. Ward's Collection of Meteorites, is available
>>as a scanned PDF file at the following location, free
>>of charge, to download:
>>
>>http://www.archive.org/download/catalogueofwardc00warduoft/catalogueofwardc00warduoft.pdf
>>
>> Ward is a famous name in meteorites. The Catalogue
>>contains lots of interesting tidbits, full histories of the falls,
>>many photographic plates, essays, etc.
>>
>> Ward was the largest merchant of "natural history
>>objects," including meteorites, in the world at that time,
>>a true Meteorite Man.
>>
>> I quote from the Preface:
>>
>> "The writer of this notice, Mr. Henry A. Ward, had in the course
>>of travel and business activity been largely interested in several
>>branches of nature, among which were meteorites.He made two large
>>collections of these objects, one of which about 170 falls formed
>>the basis of the present meteorite collection of the Field Columbian
>>Museum of Chicago. The other some 200 falls went to enrich the fine
>>Clarence S. Bement cabinet of these objects.
>> The present collection, which has outstripped them all, was
>>commenced in 1894 with a basis of a few score of choice falls which
>>had been retained from previous transactions. For six subsequent
>>years, during which Mr. Ward collected actively by purchase and
>>exchange at home and in extensive travel abroad, the collection
>>was so increased that in 1900 its first catalogue was issued, with
>>enumerations and a short description of each of its falls. A second
>>list followed in the ensuing year. We now (May, 1904) follow with
>>this third catalogue.of 603 falls, weight 2495 Kilogrammes,"
>>
>> Anybody here got a collection that weighs almost
>>two-and-a-half metric tons?
>>
>>
>>Sterling K. Webb
>>
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