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III.—A Chapter in the History of Meteorites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Walter Flight
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy, British Museum; Assistant Examiner in Chemistry, University of London.

Extract

The meteor took a direction S. 45° E., and exploded with a loud noise at an altitude of about 20 miles, the cloud remaining several minutes. The inclination to the horizon was probably not less than 30° or more than 60°. The fragments of the meteorite, which have not yet been found, probably fell 20 or 30 miles N.W. of Lebanon.

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