[meteorite-list] NPA 01-25-1848 Braunau Meteorite Fall Article

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: Sandusky Clarion
City: Sandusky, Ohio
Date: Tuesday, January 25, 1848
Page: 5

A REMARKABLE AEROLITE

     On the 14th July last, a remarkable aerolite fell at Braunau, in 
Bohemia. Two fragments were found, one weighing fifteen, the other 
twenty-one kilogrammes. The aerolite appeared to proceed, as is very often 
the case, from a small black cloud. The smaller fragment fell upon a house, 
pierce the roof, struck the beam which caused it to deviate slightly from 
its course, passed through a ceiling composed of white clay and straw, and 
entered a room where several persons were assembled, but, fortunately, no 
one was hurt. A circumstance worthy of remark was, that the straw of the 
ceiling traversed by the meteor was not in the least carbonized; it only 
appeared of a brighter yellow, with semi-metalic lustre; pieces if straw 
even adhering to the stone, presented no trace of carbonization. A fragment 
has been analyzed by M. Fischer, of Breslau, who found in it, besides 
sulphuretted iron, carbon, phosphorus and bromine. In sawing the mass 
globules were inflamed by the friction of the teeth of the saw, and a bright 
light produced.  Literary Gazette.

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This article refers to the Braunau meteorite. I think the oldest newspaper 
article referring to a fall I have so far uncovered.

Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
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