Lowell, Percival, 1855-1916 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 67
The Mart Iron.(Proc. Wash. Acad, of Set. vol. II. plate VI.) 42 THE EVOLUTION OF WORLDS ficially familiar. Professor Newton, whose specialtythey were, has said: In general they show no resem-blance in their mechanical or mineralogical structureto the granitic and surface rocks of the Earth. One … Section of Meteorite showing Widmannst/(Field Columbian Museum, Chicago.) condition was certainly necessary in their formation,viz. the absence of free oxygen and of enough water tooxidize the iron. Thus they are not of the Earthearthy; nor yet, poor little waifs, of the upper crust ofany other…
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