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[Letter from H. A. Knowton to Increase Allen Lapham]
[Continuation of List of Stony Meteorites]
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No.		Locality.	Weight in
			grams
50.		Mexico, (Poinsett Meteorite)
51.		Columbia, South America.	57
52.	1867	Arizona, (Iron and Olivine).	42
53.		Colorado Territory.	157
54.	1860	Franklin County, Kentucky.	37
55.		Russell's Gulch, Colorado.	120
56.		Australia, (crust).	104

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28,000 H	57.	1868	Wisconsin	49

The total number of stone falls represented is 47, of which the
largest specimen in the collection is one which fell at Weston, Ct.,
Dec. 14th, 1807, weighting 36 1/2 lbs. (16 1/2 kilos.). The number of iron
localities is 56, the largest iron meteorite is that from the Red
River in Texas, found in 1808, weighing 1635 lbs. (740 kilos.).
The collection also contains several specimens, not enumerated in
the catalogue, of questionable meteoric origin, such as the silicate
from Concord, N.H., the iron from Hommoney Creek, and others.
The so-called native iron of Canaan, ^x Connecticut, long since shown
to be a furnace product, is also preserved in the museum.

It is desired to increase the number of specimens and localities
represented in this collection, and for this purpose persons having
knowledge of specimens or facts connected therewith are solicited
to communicate with Prof. H. A. Newton or Prof. G. J. Brush,
who are specially interested in the investigation of the astronom-
ical, chemical and mineralogical relations of these interesting
bodies. Specimens marked with an asterisk are in duplicate.

Geo. J. Brush,
Curator of the Mineralogical Collection of Yale College.

Yale College, New Haven, Conn.
March 1st, 1869.

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