PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT No. 361 BROADWAY NEW YORK. TERMS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. 1 60 Scientific Anterican Export Edition. Contents. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT THE PENNSYLVANIA AEROLITE. startled on the 26th of September by the occurrence of a very unusual phenomenon; an immense aerolite had descended upon them. At first the impression prevailed that the district had been visited by an earth taken place while others decided that a pretty large set of boilers had burst or that a gigantic blast had thrown down a large mass of rock from some neighbor ing quarry. Loud
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT No. 361 BROADWAY NEW YORK. TERMS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. 1 60 Scientific Anterican Export Edition. Contents. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT THE PENNSYLVANIA AEROLITE. startled on the 26th of September by the occurrence of a very unusual phenomenon; an immense aerolite had descended upon them. At first the impression prevailed that the district had been visited by an earth taken place while others decided that a pretty large set of boilers had burst or that a gigantic blast had thrown down a large mass of rock from some neighbor ing quarry. Loud detonations were heard throughout that entire section the explosions apparently following a straight line across the country and causing not a little consternation among the people. to the southwest and the noise of its passage which heavy artillery over a solid roadbed or as a mighty peal of thunder was heard over a large area of country in the neighborhood of Pittsburg and to the south. A number of witnesses describe it as an immense mass of size. A powerful flame of deep red color which mass. This however is stated to have disappeared as the meteor came nearer and the color of the mass long as it remained in sight. A mail carrier on horseback and a farmer who was plowing at the tune both describe their animals as be ing so terrified that they remained perfectly motionless and could not be persuaded to stir for several minutes] after the fiery visitor had disappeared. It finally struck the earth on the farm of Mr. Buckland in Jef ferson Township Washington County. near the West became partly buried. The color is gray with streaks of red running over it; possibly from the formation of sesquioxide of iron. The form is irregular and the di mensions if correctly reported are without precedent. It is stated to be from 30 to 50 feet in diameter but we doubt very much that the statement can be verified. The Gibbs meteorite in the Yale College Cabinet at New Haven is noted for its s
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