[meteorite-list] Mooresfort Meteorite

[Mark Grossman]

With the reports of a possible fall of a meteorite in Co. Tipperary, 
Ireland, it's interesting to note that the Mooresfort meteorite fell in Co. 
Tipperary in August 1810, slightly over 200 years ago.

A paper of mine involving the history of the Mooresfort meteorite and how it 
led to one of the greatest battles in the history of chemistry - the battle 
over who developed the atomic theory - John Dalton or William Higgins - is 
scheduled for publication in Notes & Records of the Royal Society in 
December 2010.

You can view the abstract of the article, which is entitled "William Higgins 
at the Dublin Society, 1810-1820: the loss of a professorship and a claim to 
the atomic theory" at the FirstCite section of the journal:

 http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/firstcite

The article is listed in the middle of the page under the date July 28. 
Just click on the abstract link.

Notes & Records of the Royal Society should be available at most college and 
museum libraries.  The article will be freely available at the Notes & 
Records website one year after publication.

It's a very interesting story about the Mooresfort meteorite which I think 
many of the list subscribers might enjoy.

Mark Grossman

Author of "Smithson Tennant: meteorites and the final trip to France", Notes 
& Records of the Royal Society 2007 61, 265-283.
http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/61/3.toc

Mark Grossman
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Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
USA