Hello Listers I would like to thank everyone that submitted their answers for the POP QUIZ.
The question was: Please tell me the meteorite sample that Biot used to compare samples from the L'Aigle meteorite fall in 1803 in France. Answer: Barbotan I would like to congratulate Mal B for being the first to submit the correct answer :) and he will be winning a Sutter's Mill meteorite sample. For those of you that like to read up on historic meteorite falls, I was able to obtain the report done by Biot on the L'Aigle fall and tried to have it translated from french to english at google translator and abstracted the section the talks about the meteorite sample Biot took with him to L'Aigle. Enjoy the read :) Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html? Before starting my research, I thought it necessary to classify systematically the facts on which (9) I ought to direct my comments primarily and accordingly I met in the following table: [From the existence of stone-cal weather in the hands of the inhabitants of the country. / Pes traces or debris that would have been left or caused by the meteor. [The mineralogical and geological circumstances of the country. RDU testimony of those who saw and heard the meteor. ^ From the testimony of those who heard the meteor without seeing it. ^ From the testimony of those who, being at the scene, sought and obtained information respecting the existence of the meteor and its effects. Before leaving, I collected these questions all the information I was able to procure. I prayed to the citizen Haiiy to kindly enlighten me with his knowledge of what concerned the mineralogy of the country I was going to go. The citizen Coquebert Montbret corresponding class, gives me the knowledge which I needed were on the physical geography of the country. Finally the citizen Fourcroy was willing to give me a copy of the letters he received the L’Aigle avpit relation to the appearance of the meteor. I left Paris on 7 Messidor, taking with me • a compass, a map of Cassini, and a sample of the meteoric stone of Barbotan, which had been handed over to the scene to our colleague Cuvier: I intended to use it as term of comparison, and see what it originally assigner orient the inhabitants of the canton where you disquiet he was dropped from similar. But I went not directly in this very place. If the explosion of the meteor had really been so violent that we annonçoit, we ought to have heard the noise at a considerable distance. It was therefore consistent with the rules of criticism to take first information in remote locations, on this extraordinary noise, on the day and time that we had heard, to follow directions, and I be led by the testimony until the very spot where it was said that the meteor had exploded. I was to gather and to a large extent of country, comparable renseignemcns 5 because of the noise and the circumstances of the explosion, the evidence ought to agree, somewhere they were collected. Besides all stories related to meteoric masses are preceded their fall by the appearance of a ball of fire. It was important to know if the meteor of the L’Aigle had been accompanied by the same circumstances, and it was near the scene of the explosion that I could make sure. [meteorite-list] POP QUIZ FRIDAYS Shawn Alan photophlow at yahoo.com Fri Jun 29 18:52:05 EDT 2012 * Previous message: [meteorite-list] AD : Acapulcoite for sale * Next message: [meteorite-list] (meteorite) Sonic booms over coastal San Diego, CA * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] ________________________________ Hello Listers I hope people are staying cool today, its a scorcher out in NYC and across the country. Today is POP QUIZ FRIDAY and here's the name of the game. Be the 1st Lister to email me off the List with the correct answer and win a free Sutter's Mill meteorite micro sample. Question: Please tell me the meteorite sample that Biot used to compare samples from the L'Aigle meteorite fall in 1803 in France. Good Luck :) Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 eBay Store http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html? http://www.meteoritefalls.com/ ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
