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III.—Supplement to a Chapter in the History of Meteorites
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2009
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No luminous meteor appears to have been observed at the time these stones fell; the day was bright and sunny and the sky cloudless. A sound as of platoon-firing was heard, and a small shower of black stones descended, some within the area of the village of Zsadány in the courtyards of the inhabitants, others in the open fields. They did not fall together, but at slight intervals, which appear to have been at least one-third of a minute. Some were picked up immediately they reached the ground, and were found to be cold. It may be mentioned here that the stones which fell at Dhurmsala, in India (1860, July 4th), are stated to have been so cold that they could not be held in the hand.
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