 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1808 - 710 pages
...of fragments of this last stone, compared with its specifick gravity, we concluded that its weigTit could not have fallen much short of 200 pounds. All...but by exposure to the air, they gradually hardened. This stone was all in fragments, none of which exceeded the size of a man's fist, and was rapidly dispersed... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1808 - 708 pages
...which we could obtain of the quantity of fragments of this last stone, compared with its specifick gravity, we concluded that its weight could not have fallen much short of 200 pounds. AH the stones, when first found, were fribble, being easily broken between the fingers ; this was especially... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Electronic journals - 1809 - 532 pages
...doubt, that a large and heavy body had really fallen from the atmosphere, with tremendous momentum. From the best information which we could obtain of...but by exposure to the air, they gradually hardened. This stone was all in fragments, none of which exceeded the size of a man's fist, and was rapidly dispersed... | |
 | Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences - American periodicals - 1810 - 458 pages
...larg« and heavy body had really fallen from the skies withtre- « mendous momentum. From the l>est information which we could obtain of the quantity...but by exposure to the air, they gradually hardened. This stone was all in fragments, none of which exceeded the size of a man's fist, and was rapidly dispersed... | |
 | 1813 - 670 pages
...have been collected in five different spots, seem to hare weighed collectively above 100 pounds. ' From the best information which we could obtain of...but by exposure to the air they gradually hardened.' p. 14>8, 149. ' At the third explosion a mass of stone far exceeding the united weight of all we have... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - Astronomy - 1825 - 151 pages
...obtained of the quantity tif fragments of this last stone, compared with its specific gravity, it was concluded that its weight could not have fallen much...found, were friable, being easily broken "between the ringers ; this was especially the case where they had been buried in the moist earth, but by exposure... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1829 - 606 pages
...they could obtain of the quantity of fragments of this last stone, compared with its specific gravity, concluded that its weight could not have fallen much short of 200 pounds.1 Aaron Burr Aaron Burr was arrested for a conspiracy. He was suspected arrested. of prosecuting... | |
 | John Hubbard Wilkins - Astronomy - 1832 - 196 pages
...its weight could not haVe^Haiuniiijc^ Short" of 200 pounds. All the stones when first found, we?e- friable, being easily broken between the fingers ;...case where they had been buried in the moist earth, hut by exposure to the air they gradually hardened. Such were the circumstances attending the fall... | |
 | Geology - 1869 - 488 pages
...information which we could obtain of the quantity of fragments of this last stone, compared with itg specific gravity, we concluded that its weight could...but by exposure to the air, they gradually hardened. This stone was all in fragments, none of which exceeded the size of a man's fist, and was rapidly dispersed... | |
 | Science - 1869 - 946 pages
...scene to doubt, that a large and heavy body had really fallen from the skies with tremendous momentum. From the best information which we could obtain of...but by exposure to the air, they gradually hardened. This stone was all in fragments, none of which exceeded the size of a man's fist, and was rapidly dispersed... | |
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From the best information which we could obtain of the quantity of fragments of this last stone, compared with its specific gravity, we concluded that its weight could not have fallen much short of 200 pounds. All the stones, when first found, were friable,... 