Lowell, Percival, 1855-1916 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 65
The Mart Iron.{Proc. Wash. Acad. ofSci. vol. II. plate VI.) 42 THE EVOLUTION OF WORLDS iicially 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 Widmannstattian Lines.(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…
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