[meteorite-list] NPA 01-03-1821 Possible Lixna MeteoriteFallarticle

[Gerald Flaherty]

"times of war effect falls and finds"
With all the comotion a war produces, it's not surprising that people might 
overlook the roar, thunder and flash of a simple meteorite?!
Jerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MARK BOSTICK" <thebigcollector at msn.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NPA 01-03-1821 Possible Lixna 
MeteoriteFallarticle


> Martin asked "Mark, regarding the dates: Lixna fell on July 12, 1820; the 
> St. Petersburg date is Sept. 18 (1820?), and the Paper date is January 3, 
> 1821. Is my assumption correct that the Republic Compiler running a 
> translated story from the St. Petersburg, Russia newspaper?"
>
> That is correct Martin.  The newspaper has two news notes under the Sept. 
> 18, St. Peterburg date.  The other was not meteorite related so I left it 
> off.  In 1820-21 European newspapers came to America by boat (of course). 
> Three months apprears to be normal news travel time, although I should 
> sometime make a comparison in how fast meteorite news traveled.
>
> Getting a little off subject, I don't think times of war affect this much 
> as there seem to me a lack of war time finds and falls.  Or at least it 
> seems to me there should be war time falls, as one would think people 
> would be outside more often.  I have had trouble locating Civil War era 
> meteor and meteorite papers while the years around the Civil War, they 
> seem more common.  Then again as my archives grow perhaps I will find this 
> to be untrue.
>
> Ok, now off to lunch....hmm...food,
>
> Mark
> www.meteoritearticles.com
>
>
> ______________________________________________
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list