[meteorite-list] Triangulation (was ...Part II: American David Rittenhouse (Warning - Pre-Chladni))

[MexicoDoug]

That, Tocayo*, is a superb question that likely will be deliciously 
contentious.  There is a fine line between saying you are triangulating 
and actually relying on triangulation to make the recovery.  For 
example when Dima, Sergey and I used Radar information to discover the 
Ash Creek Bolide fragments two days after the sighting: our 
triangulation accurately put us as the first meteorite hunters inside 
the strewn field, but it was a tip from a local that actually gave us 
the further clue to make our first recoveries that day.  Just because 
you are there doesn't guarantee anything!

My guess is that Nininger had the same situation in most of his 
recoveries.  Perhaps Lost City is actually the first truly triangulated 
find.  But I hope there is a better example, perhaps Nininger's as you 
say.

Kindest wishes
Doug

Tocayo = Mexican for namesake, but is an informal word enjoying 
widespread use



-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Ross <doug at dougross.net>
To: Meteorite List List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sun, Oct 23, 2011 5:06 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Part II: American David Rittenhouse 
(Warning - Pre-Chladni)


Thanks for the fascinating discussion, gentlemen!  A great account of 
the
rigorous, often slow process that revolutionary new scientific theories 
must go
through before gaining widespread acceptance.

I have a related question.  Who was the first person to accurately 
calculate the
trajectories of meteors, and successfully recover meteorites based on 
those
calculations?  I'm not talking about someone who witnessed a meteor, 
and was
lucky enough to have stones landing nearby.  In other words, who was 
the first
systematic meteorite hunter?  Was it Nininger?

- (the other) Doug
doug at dougross.net
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