'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [‎35] (64/524)

BOMBAY GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
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\ i.—Do they consist of stone or iron, and is there anything peculiar
in tljeir structure ?
12 .— Was the body red-hot or warm, or did it exhibit evidence of
having been warm outside and cold within ? as, for instance, by being
hot at first and intensely cold afterwards?
13 _Xt is desirable further to notice the depth to which, and the
direction in which, the aerolite has penetrated the earth ; also to state the
nature of the soil, the effect produced on it by the aerolitic mass, and
the position in which the aerolite, was found to be lying in the ground.
The second series of inquiries has for its object the acquisition of a
more-precise knowledge regarding the aerolites themselves. For this
it is important to preserve and to collect, for the puiposes of analysis
and of scientific comparison, as many of these bodies as possible ; and
the following suggestions are offered in the hope of promoting this
object:—■
1. —Endeavour to get the meteorolites as soon as possible after their
fall, to prevent them from being injured, fractured, or wetted.
2. —If not entire, try to procure fragments.
3. —Should persons or museums not be willing to part with them for
the British Museum, then procure drawings, photographs, models, or
casts, accompanied by an accurate description of their colour, their
external lustre, and if broken, the nature of the substance oi substances
exhibited by the fracture ; and especially be careful to describe the
form of the aerolitic mass, whether angular or rounded, whether pris
matic, or otherwise exhibiting an approximation to any geometiical
figure. Also state whether its surface be smooth, or marked by any
peculiar kind of roughness, or pitted with hollows.
4. —Catalogues of the meteorites in local museums aie very deshable,
with statements of their weights, and also the time of and othei facts
accompanying their fall, as detailed above.
5. —From masses of iron or stone still lying on the earth, and too
large to be brought away, detach specimens of good size, say fiom 20
lbs. to 50 lbs. weight, and collect all obtainable information, with de
tailed descriptions, drawings, measurements, historical accounts, &c.
6. —Iron meteorites should always be cut with a steel saw and emery.