Wouw Mike, this is an excellent idea.
Imagine, I have a set of about 30 or so big leather bound (double ?)
volumes of "La Nature" in French, extending from early 1880's to about
1926. I know there are many meteorite fall reports and related
engravings but these volumes were acquired recently and I actually
never found time to browse trough.
I'll have a look tomorrow and let you know some thoughts (today it is
very late here - just the early morning of Jan 3).
Keep tuned,
Zelimir
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Université de Haute Alsace
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3, Rue A. Werner,
F-68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France
Tel: +33 (0)3 89 33 68 94
Mike Bandli <fuzzf...@comcast.net> a écrit :
Many thanks for the quick translation, Zelimir!
One other tidbit that might help with searches. The artist's full name is
Louis Poyet (1846-1913). He was a remarkable French artist who specialized
in engravings. It looks like he had many engravings published in numerous
19th c. French magazines, mostly "La Nature".
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Zelimir Gabelica Université de Haute Alsace ENSCMu,
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 3:05 PM
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] T-shirt (and French Fall)
Hi Mike, List,
Here is a rapid translation of the essentials of the St Caprais fall report:
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"On Sunday January 28, 1883 at 2:45 (p.m.) the whole population of St
Caprais, Gironde Department (ZG Note: This is the Bordeaux area, thus near
parallel 40° North) was frightened by a series of 5 violent shots
("bangs") comparable to cannon shots, which were followed a noise (rumbling
?) resembling a shooting.
People who stood outside their houses noticed a black cloud towards the
direction where the noise came from: the black cloud was like an explosion
smoke, very different from the ordinary clouds covering (that day) the whole
skies.
2 farmers (Perrotin father & son) noticed an ignited object falling in the
South-East direction, so close from where they stood so that they could
notice the exact place where the object hit the ground.
Nobody considered seeking the aerolite the same day. But the next day, a Mr.
Elliot, having consulted the witnesses, found at that exact place a dense
stone weighing 282.5 grams, burried 0.1 meter deep, the hole dimensions on
the surface being 0.06 x 0.04 m. ....
....The number of shots heard at St Caprais and in the neighboring villages
could assume the presence of other fragments; but the latter, if ever
existed, were never collected (ZG note: it is not said that they were never
FOUND...) .............
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The rest of the text deals with some aerolite characteristics, probably not
worth further translation.
This is thus a rapid translation of the major events of interest for the
issue, of concern. I believe Bernd, who is sure as fluent in French as
myself, would agree.
Apparently this does not trow more light to the mystery as it was obviously
the winter time and even around Bordeaux, there should not be any wheat (or
alike) in the fields....
Bernd is right to point out that this painting can be "a view of an artist",
possibly painted some time after the event (perhaps in Summer time ?)
More ideas ?
Zelimir
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Université de Haute Alsace
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3, Rue A. Werner,
F-68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France
Tel: +33 (0)3 89 33 68 94
Mike Bandli <fuzzf...@comcast.nele t> a écrit :
Excellent observation, Bernd! Indeed, the grass is too high for January!
The
mystery continues.
Perhaps Zelimir can tell us if there is anything in Lespiault and
Forquignon's report that corroborates any of the features of Poyet's
illustration. Here is a link to the original report (in French):
http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/CadresFenetre?O=NUMM-3053&I=1022&M=tdm
I love these kinds of meteorite mysteries. Let's solve it! I'll keep
looking...
Mike Bandli
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[mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Bernd V.
Pauli
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 1:26 PM
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] T-shirt (and French Fall)
Hello List,
I wrote:
"St. Caprais-de-Quinsac...Gironde (France) Fell 1883, Jan 28, 14:45 hrs"
Sounds good, looks good, ... but:
Have a close look at the date of the fall: Jan 28 !!!
Now, when you compare this with Mike B.'s remarks:
"One will note that there are many farmers about and the horse is saddled
with the hay carriage."
The only conclusion we can thus draw is that the scene depicts an
(imaginary?) event in late summer during the harvest season, probably
August.
Another possibility might be that Poyet so-to-speak "merged"
two incidents: the fall of the St. Caprais-de-Quinsac meteorite and the
harvest scene.
A case of ... artistic license?
Bernd
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