Preliminary note of a new meteorite from Japan

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Abstract
SEVERAL months ago a friend, Mr. Alan Owston, who had been traveling in the interior of the main island of Japan, told me that he had seen what he thought to be a stone meteorite in a temple in Iwate.As the result of considerable correspondence this specimen has been sent to me, reaching me early in December.It was accompanied by a letter in Japanese language of which the following is a translation: " This meteorite which I send you herewith fell about forty years ago, viz: in the 3d year of Ka-yei, at dawn on the 4th day of the 5th month, (13th June, 1850).It fell obliquely from the W.N. W. with a great sound like thunder, at the village of Kesen iu the district of Kesen, in this Prefecture.It entered the ground five feet, and remained hot for two days.The original size was said to be about equal to 2t sho of rice.This would be about 1t cnbic feet.There were ten or more pieces of it which have been distributed about in various places.. (Signed) SATO KENJI, of Nota village, I wate Prefecture."The specimen which I have recei ved is 6fi ounces in weight.Its shape is an irregular triangle about 6t inches in its greatest (vertical) diameter, and about 5 inches thick (see figure).Two long patches an inch wide on either side of the mass are covered with crust; the rest is broken surface, showing inner
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Authors Henry A. Ward
Journal american journal of science
Year 1893
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10.2475/ajs.s3-45.266.153
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https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.s3-45.266.153
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