[meteorite-list] Bicentenary of the meteorite of Toulouse

From: rm31 at free.fr <rm31_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:42:58 +0200
Message-ID: <1333978978.4f82e762e81f9_at_imp.free.fr>

Dear Martin, Doug, and List,

Thank you guys for your positive assessment on Toulouse. This is really a
friendly and pleasant city with an interesting mix of old stuff and high
technology. I'm very happy to live here, good people, good climate, good food
and many things to do around.

Here is the original paper on the toad-storm close to Toulouse, I didn't know
this interesting story:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2962t
People in Catalogne, not far from Toulouse, cook snails on barbecue, try a
google-image search on "cargolade" and bon appetit!

There will likely be some pictures of the exhibition on the French "Meteorite
Superforum":
http://meteorites.superforum.fr/t4834-exposition-bicentenaire-de-chute-de-la-meteorite-de-toulouse
Here is an appetizer, the stone from the Museum in Geneva:
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/204/toulousegenve.jpg

Cheers,

Renaud


Selon MexicoDoug <mexicodoug at aim.com>:

> Dear List, Dr. Mathieu, and Martin;
>
> Martin, if you do or anyone does make it there, please remember your
> friends on the list who won't have the opportunity to vacation or visit
> the lovely southern latuitudes of France and post us a nice picture for
> the admiring meteorite-list of this historical group of stones. So
> much to do on vacation there - see this Toulouse meteorite exhibit,
> then go to the Space Center and Space City, the Kennedy Space Center
> analog and lots more, of France.
>
> Watch out if you take the low road, as nearby Toulouse was the site of
> a Toad-storm from an inclement thundering sky, Two shocked horsemen had
> to put on their overcoats while being Toad-hammered, and gallop out of
> their as fast as they could, to reach a stage coach also on the way to
> Toulouse that witnessed the event, saw many small toads still on the
> unfortunate horsemen's cloaks and when it passed through the spot
> trampled many thousands of toads of all sizes. (I wonder if the
> meteorite in any way biased this report?)
>
> A rain of escargot snails might have been more comical for France, but
> maybe they were toads, frogs, whatever -- after all the toadstorm was
> 1834 and even today frogs and toads are varied and not recognized by
> science as distinct animals. Fried frogs are a delicious part of
> French cuisine that is required to try for all Beefeaters attending the
> exposition ;-)
>
> Kindest wishes
> Doug
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: karmaka <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de>
> To: rm31 <rm31 at free.fr>; Meteorite-list
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>
> Congratulations, Dr. Mathieu, on having organised this very interesting
> exhibition.
>
> The beautiful city of Toulouse, la ?? ville rose ??, is always worth a
> visit !
>
> I'll try to visit this exhibition this summer!
>
> Best wishes
>
> Martin
>
>
> Von: rm31 at free.fr
> An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Bicentenary of the meteorite of Toulouse
> Datum: Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:11:07 +0200
>
>
> Hi List,
>
> I'm pleased to invite you to the conference and exhibition for the
> bicentenary
> of the fall of the meteorite of Toulouse, april 10th 1812. The
> exhibition will
> remain until september 2nd.
> This event is the materialization of 2 1/2 year of historical and
> scientific
> researches. It benefited from the early support of the Museum of
> Toulouse (SW
> France). Most of the main samples of the fall, loaned by the Museums
> of New
> York, Chicago, Geneva, London, Vienna, Stockholm, Troyes, Paris, and
> from the
> University of Tuebingen will be reunited close to their place of fall,
> 200
> years
> later to be shown to the public.
>
> http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2373/invitationmtoritedetoul.jpg
>
> J'ai le plaisir de vous inviter ?? la conference et a l'exposition qui
> auront
> lieu au Museum de Toulouse, en celebration du bicentenaire de la chute
> de la
> meteorite dite de "Toulouse", le 10 avril 1812. L'exposition durera
> jusqu'au 2
> septembre.
> Cet evenement est la concretisation de deux ans et demi de recherches
> historiques et scientifiques. Il est le fruit de la collaboration
> entre
> l'auteur
> et le Museum de Toulouse et a beneficie de l'apport de dizaines de
> contributeurs. Fait exceptionnel: les principaux specimens de la
> meteorite de
> Toulouse, pretes par les Museums of New York, Chicago, Geneve,
> Londres, Vienne,
> Stockholm, Troyes, Paris, et par l'Universite de Tuebingen seront ??
> nouveau
> r??unis ?? Toulouse 200 ans plus tard pour ??tre montres au public!
>
> R. Mathieu
> geologist
>
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