Find a Falling StarIn this remarkable book, Dr. H.H. Nininger often called the world's foremost meteorite expert, recounts the excitement of his long love affair with "falling stars"-those "stones from the sky" that rain down upon our earth from outer space in great, but little known profusion. Fifty years ago the science of meteorites was at a low ebb. Nothing much had been done since 1900. It was Dr. Nininger's keen interest, however, that brought about a resurgence in an old science. His efforts, described with straighforward ease, account for more than half the "falls" recorded in the 20th century. |
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... metallic particles could mean that metallic masses of larger size might once have been imbedded in stony matrices . In the Estherville case a large meteorite of probably hundreds of tons was composed primarily of brittle stony matter ...
... metallic particles could mean that metallic masses of larger size might once have been imbedded in stony matrices . In the Estherville case a large meteorite of probably hundreds of tons was composed primarily of brittle stony matter ...
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... metallic droplets were present in the top soil to an extent that projected to thousands of tons ! Here , then , was the proof of Dr. Moulton's explosion theory . I could think of no other way to account for these little droplets , two ...
... metallic droplets were present in the top soil to an extent that projected to thousands of tons ! Here , then , was the proof of Dr. Moulton's explosion theory . I could think of no other way to account for these little droplets , two ...
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... metallic spheroids , I searched and searched everywhere on all sides of the crater , on the rim and on the plain beyond , examining everything more critically than ever before , and one day made an even more exciting find . I had ...
... metallic spheroids , I searched and searched everywhere on all sides of the crater , on the rim and on the plain beyond , examining everything more critically than ever before , and one day made an even more exciting find . I had ...
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