Paper: The Newark Daily Advocate City: Newark, New York Date: Thursday, April 19, 1906 Page: 10 (of 12)
The Oregon Meteorite
New York, April 19 - Without mishap the Willamette meteorite, weighing fifteen tons, purchased by Mrs. William E. Dodge at a cost said to be $20,600, and presented by her to the American Museum of Natural History, has ended its long journey from Portland, Oregon.
Many were the comments of spectators as the huge mass, on a truck, swung from the 25th street into Broadway and continued up the Columbus Circle and into Central Park.
According to Henry A. Ward, a scientist, this specimen, which derives its name from the fact that it was found near Willamette, Ore., in 1902, is remarkable for the presence of broad channels cutting into it caused, supposedly, by the tremendous friction of the densely compressed air as the meteorite passed through the atmosphere.
Traces of cobalt and phosphorous are found in the mass, but it consists of more than ninety per cent iron and nearly eight per cent nickel. The length is 10 feet 8 1-2 inches breadth across base, 7 feet; height from base to summit, 8 feet; circumference of base, 25 feet 1 inches. Its temporary resting place will be in the arch near the large Cape York meteorite brought from Greenland by Commander Peary.
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Speaking of the Willamette meteorite. I imagine that the Oregon project going on with this meteorite, (a full size model and information booth in a downtown district) will increase interest in the stone and meteorites in general. Because of this I will adding more Willamette NPA's to the website soon. At a time when meteorites are being taken down from museum displays, the Willamette display is encouraging. Others should consider adding Willamette metorite content to there websites in order to help the school kids that will surely be searching.
Clear Skies, Mark Bostick Wichita, Kansas http://www.meteoritearticles.com http://www.kansasmeteoritesociety.com http://www.imca.cc
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PDF copy of this article, and most I post (and about 1/2 of those on my website), is available upon e-mail request.
The NPA in the subject line, stands for Newspaper Article. The old list server allowed us a search feature the current does not, so I guess this is more for quick reference and shortening the subject line now.
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