CATALOGUE.— METEOROLOGY, FALLEN METEORS.

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A meteor seen at once in Cutnana and inGermany . Gill). XV. 109.

Account of a meteor seen 13 Nov. 1803.Nidi. VI. 279.

To me this meteor appeared smaller than is represented inmost of the accounts of it.

Farey on a meteor, 13 Nov. Nicli. V11. 06.Firminger on a meteor. Ph. M. XVII. 279-

With a good figure.

Provost on a meteor. To be published, S. E.

Meteors which have fallen to theCround.

Barham on a fiery meteor in Jamaica . Ph.tr. 1718. XXX.837-

It struck into the earth and made several deep holes.

11 alley’s conjectures. Ph. tr. 1719’ XXX.n. 3(>0.

Wasse on the effects of lightning. Ph. tr.1725. XXXIII. 3f>7.

At Mixburg in Northamptonshire , a fire ball was seen toburst, and two holes were made about a yard deep and fiveinches in diameter, in a gravelly soil: an iron ball shot per-pendicularly ftom a mortar did not make a greater impres-sion. Mr. Wasse's nephew searched the hohs, and in onehe found avery hard glazed stone, ten inches long, six wide,and four thick, cracked into two pieces : a man was killedby what is called the lightning; he was much wounded,with some appearance of electric effects.

Cook on ti ball of sulfur supposed to be genc-rated in the air. Ph. tr. 1738. XL. 427.

It was found in a meadow after thunder ; it was coveredwith crystals.

Falconet on the bootilia. Memoirts del’Aca-demie des Inscriptions. 4. Paris .

Zahti specula physicoinalhemalieohistorica.(iemina fisica sottenanea.

De Celis on a mass of native iron found inSouth America . Ph. tr. 1788. 37.

At Otumpa, in the chaco Gualamba, far from any mineser rocks ; weighing about 300 quintals : supposed to be ofvolcanic origin. There was another piece of an arborescentform.

Account of a mass of iron in South Ame-rica like the Siberian. A. P. 1787. 11.8.Nine feet by 6 , and l foot thick.

*Chladni on the Siberian iron. Riga , 1794.Ph. M. 1L. 337-

Chhulni on meteoric stones. Gilb. XIII.350.

Chladni ’s chronology of fallen stones. Gilb.XV. 307.

Agrees with Benzcnberg, that shooting stars must be of adifferent nature, since these sometimes appear to ascend.Hamilton. Ph. tr. 1795. 103.

A shower of stones fell at Sienna 1 8 hours after the erup-tion of Vesuvius .

King’s remarks on stones said to have fallenfrom the clouds. 4. Loud. 1790.

Southey's travels.

Mentions stones that fell in Portugal , Feb. ] }q 6 .

Baurlin, PI). M. 11. 225.

*luilda on fireballs. Ph. M. III. 66, 171.

Tata on the shower of stones at Sienna. Gilb.VI. loti.

Howard on stony and metalline substanceswhich are said to have fallen on the earth.Ph. tr. 1802. 1G8. Nieh. 8. 11.210’. Gilb.XIII. 291.

On stones that have fallen. Gilb. X.502.Greville on stones that have fallen in France ,and a lump of iron that fell in India . Ph.tr. 1803. 200. Nieh. VI. 187.

Izarn Lithologic atmospheriiiue. Paris , 1803.Ace. Gilb. XV. 437.

Lalande. Journ. Phys. LV. 451. Gilb. XIIL343.

Account of a meteor that fell near the Mis-sissippi . Ph. M. XL 19LLaplace’s conjecture on the lunar origin ofstones. Zach. Mon. corr. VI. 270. Gilb.X111.353.

Olbcrs on tho fall of stones. Zach. Mon.corr. VLI. 148. Gilb. XIV. 38. Ph. M.XV. 289.

Had suggested Laplace’s idea in J7»5.