The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 334
Fig. 348-Aerolites are composed of the same elementary substancesas occur in terrestrial minerals, not a single new elementhaving l)een found in their analysis. Of the sixty or mprg ASTRONOMY. 3O7 eraents now recognized by chemists, about twenty have been und in aerolites. While aerolites contain… … Fig. 349- jculiar as to enable us by chemical analysis to distinguish1 aerolite from any terrestrial substance. Iron ores are very abundant in nature, but iron in theletallic state is exceedingly rare. Now, aerolites invariablyJlitain metallic iron, sometimes from ninety to ninety-six per;nt. This…
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