Supposed Meteorite

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Onitlie 17th of June last, there fell, about ten miles southwest of Ottawa, Ill., a quantity of cinders. The weather had bean showery, but there Wa,s no thunder or lightning. There appeared to be a small black cloud hanging over the spot where they fell; the larger ones were imbedded in the earth, while the smaller ones were only half buried. On the 17th of September, this year, a mass of lava "the size of a barrel," says the Sunny South, of Aberdeen, Miss., fell about ten miles from that place, and at the time it excited a great deal of attention for miles around. The former of these, we have every reason to believe, and we think that the appearance of the cinders point to a terrestrial rather than a celestial origin ; but, we think, that the editor of the Sunny Boutl. has drawn upon his imagination a little and colored the facts of our first instance. We should much like to-know how large the piece of lava was that fell at Aberdeen ; for a piece the "size of a barrel" is very indefinite and unsatisfactory.

Scientific American Magazine Vol 13 Issue 11This article was published with the title “Supposed Meteorite” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 13 No. 11 (), p. 83
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican11211857-83d

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