Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-15
SEVERAL BIG MErEORs'


,,.ov Of the rneicors 'ha' n ,,,o,.d N
han' 9TH have been sutlec'eu 70
io 'l' IA analysis. They are com. com,
cA'n'o :, clements all Of which occur
Ea.'O ..,tb. There are seventy Gle,
% 'as 81 , the earth and twen'y'fonr oil
r'n' nave been found In me'eois.
n'H aInce OF q shower OF me'eor'
=" r ne divided into meteoric
sr md me,eofic stone, the latter
W. :, volcanic origin. Not inife.
@,s ,,v the fall Of moteors Is attended
S''n"y, ,nd detonatiou. History re-
~ n V OF considerable damage
or5' len done 10 life and properly
hupg 'Jsscent OF these bodies. n
" me catalogue recites TINT
Cbine' mat fell in January, Olo,
S"'CT' broke several chariots anu
hi ten men. ON the evening
hlySS av is, 1895, n brilliant meteor
w.. .n in the department OF Aisne,
ss se II traversod the country In o
ls..ISYsssstefly direction and burst near
pd' ,.Ia soitlng FIRE 10 n barn anu
80 md burning tho corn and cattle
hip,s s minutes. A stony substance,
pn~sod 10 be nh serolite, was founu
M mace after the occurrence.
pt March, 1915. u luminous sheai,
IN ,,ansverscd the air with great
s,Isclty and noise, fell on a barn 10 the
.,iIsge Of Hauto Jaronno anu ue'
',,aTsd adjoining buildings anu wha1-
wv snimals were unable to escaps the
eounagiation. .,. o,,, Ian,
% ~ Inc aerolites that have thumpei
~ ,ho earth, The lists show that the
Inn,hIv average Of these visitors from
mmSsrr6er 10 June IL less than the
piser,hlv nyerage from July to No
nambsr That, moreover, the months
oi March, May, July and Novemoer
.,hlbit the greatest numbers. Iho
W.,s also indicate that the earth IN ~
, .r,ual course round tho sun would
EN- 10 encounter n greater number OF
.,,olIies between July and January
nan between January and July.
IA has been inserted 10 be general
,uIs that the area over which n shower
~ s,ones fail IL oval, measuring nom
Il, 10 ten miles In length or by two or
,h,ee In breadth; moreover, that the
largest stones may DO expected 10 Oe
fotind At one extremity OF the oval.
That. only one Of the odd pranks OF
playful meteofa.
When found entire the stoneP are
completely coated or glazed over with
athin. dark .colored crust, formed OF the
molten substance OF their surface fused
by Ignition In tho iireballH. The part
which travelled foremost IL sometimes
d.,linguishable from that which was In
the rear. Sometimes they break into
ingmenu as they disappear. Some
times you end fragment, and some
times you do not.
The fall Of the aerolite OF 1917 was
vltnesled by the astronomer Gausenui.
He states that when IN the air II was
Hppatently surrounded by halo OF pris.
matte colors. This being the only
a,folite OF the fall OF which he had ever
heard, be- supposed It was the result OF
volcanic eruption In some one OF tho
nelghtorng mountains.
The aofolite OF Dec. IL, 1873, intro
dueed itself with loud explosion,
followed by n hissing noise, heard
throughout a considerable portion ri
the surrounding district. a shock
was also noticed az II produced by this
falling 10 earth Of some heavy body. A
plOwmAn saw the stone fall 10 the
ground. II threw up soil on every
side and penetrated several inches
deep into the solid chalk rock. IL fell
on the afternoon Of a hazy day, during
which there was neither thunder nor
lightning.
On April 20, lS76,n mass Of mete1rlo
iron, Weighing between seven nnd
eight hundred pounds, fell at R)wton,
England. Shortly before 4 pm. u
sound like that OI thunder, followed
by reports Of n canon, shook the air,
and was heard for many miles In thal
nelghbOrhood, but no iireball was
Observed. The iron mass was found
nearly an hour afterward In a meadow
where II hal buried itself In the earth
to adep,h Of eighteen inohos,a when
dug Out II was still quite hot.
March II, 1881, four railroad hand,
near marlborough, England, hear.
q rushing, roaring a)und overhead
followed Immediately by thud on tn,
ground. Less than fifty yards away
they found IA round, vertical hole. One o
the men thrust down his arm aud drew
out tho meteorite. The hole and
The meteorite were quite warm threl
minutes atterwatd. IL was OF low
Iyramidal or shell-like shape, measur
Ing five inches by elk inches anu abou
three Inches high. II was completed,
developed Ia thin black molten crust
One OF the most extensive falls U
meleoric stones on record was tina
which happened In Normandy, Apr
-. 1913. About pm. a very brillian
hteball was seen traversing the )untr,
with great velocity. some moment
hlierwatd violent explosion wa
heard, which was prolonged for flv
inmates. The noise seemed TO proceeI
rom a small cloud which RENAME,
moilonless all the time, hut ut grea
elevation In the atmosphere. THIS lie
Donation was followed by tho fall OF al
Immense number of mineral fragment,
nearly 5000 being collected, the larges
weighing 8. pounds. Tho sky wa
serene and the air calm.