, 1870-01-16
The Origin OF mcieoHitHs.
Frrp4 fA& Lpnd29 TiNQ,

u these substances pouesa no Interest from a
util'1st'an poins OF v1e~. there arc reT tutnxs
olner. Assuming The rsaaer 10 b acqsa.n.ea % a
wttn tie constitution Of tneteorttes, ard the coz
diuon 70 hioo rot q too1d IN taen-tnat is 70
ore e. dog isou lae 1sne-we may noz STATE
thst, according = u S.anistas Aeunlct. =
i've i've snosedas @ Of I he % scorce "n fron 1aeres @
they. issue. Sarlous hyPo'heses havo been
put forward at different time. on this subject:
BY . eou1b>ratlon ol asona oil Iron, nickel
and The other substances found IN meteoE,c truo,
paeie: others hs,c copisctaFed iast tney We're
hare ma,ntst1ed The nJpothseIs that they we're
upon discussion o. elmer oi these theories, L
Hay be stated thar II Arun!er ssJs that on exam
lDiug the MANS Of meteorlc ircn found at Deesa,
senblaIce with block iousd a. Callie ;Nsrltime
Alpk) and another. which fell Al setH, tn
o. The gn Ss Jo9e 0i s 9ae me-
contains an Iron identical with that coutalned Ia
the Catlle eteo1te. lolected IN 8 stafe OF 1goe-
thar OF SetI. The Deeta Stoue In, therefore, M
sIup1ed block. and toe arst Of the Kind that
ssown @ that IT, iren oi tue Calls rns,eortse aaa
the atone Of that OF setst have similar strsttu-
sauon: eoosequentg 1ney a1e imposed 70 bars
Is the 1rst tine Euch = connection has b.en ms
tsrtslfy demcusas1ea: ne observes That tha nc
kEOl1tteA WuE4 uOW lal OQ tE6 Ea1tQ UOs or fue
aame meteorological uatura ~ shcse which for-
me1lJ ten on .tn,s R,ooe Originally they were
aetes Of Iron a verJ large block may BE- seeu IN
the Br1t,ah AIseuu, whlsn vas found on tue
plateau OF Quiso}, but osly three SUCH m4.ses
are known to have fallen within tbs last lis
years, whereas there have been on an avera3e
three falls Of neteOrc stones yearlJ. Tne
greater pstt OF The numerous pieces or Iron oe-
posted In collections have fnleu At unk1o VI
epoctB: the meEe0rc stotcs are or com
psratlVely recent dhte. Perhaps II might, with.
mCro ccrrettneaS, b said sha- rbe metopHc st0nes
which fall Eow, are " q new kind, f1r none Of 4
c9thorneIent Eatuls III AnoWn 70 have reached
tee EARN pseviona to 1905 Whereas shers are four
cemrlted facst, he conclnde< tuat ,ho nsteorte.
are the rnlIs OF one or several celestial bodle5 Of
found The ea,tu, or possibly rooHt Ise moon.
which hhrtl2 gradually fost their iusefnni
hea1-lonR before The HOon, owing 10 their
les8er tolume8-hAre, In tue cotdueaz Of space,
crun5led spazt g1adoallv, pot1ous relcg left tn
7Srions patta OF the orbit In which they formerly
uoved. thereby forming 3 kind ct rtuE at 8rag-
2 cnt., OF rather q aerlts Of rlt ga according 70
the denals'ea OF the different Eases; shts ths
4 asses dearest the centre Of the oistrleg1a,aa
planet, contait ing the largest proportion OF iron.
came nIaL within the r3nge Of tho ATTRACTION
Of The earth, and tuas these hsve been
follote ed by neteorttea corpoeed partly OF metals
AID rartlJ Of atoue+ euch - nov cccssIonalJ
reach Ut. He anticipates that these MAT eeresf-
ter be followed by stoues coutatnluy less snd 'ess
meiA1. 1hb conClnRlous ne arrlves At are that the
fata Of thls planet EXHIBITS what Win eventually
be The doom Of the HOOD, the globe va tnhss.S,
and all the other ptapeeafy codes OF tha sJsteu,
Of which the sun alone retains the original typ&-