Lowell, Percival, 1855-1916 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 66
ems to testify.The t w^oclasses of mete-orites, the stoneand the iron,show this fur-ther by the verydifferences they exhibit betw^een themselves. For boththe amount and the proportions of the occluded gasesin the two prove to be quite distinct. In the stones thequantity of gas is greater and the… … Meteorite, Toluca.(Field Columbian Museum, Chicago.) CO. CO 11.5% 32.4% in ten of stone: —CO2 CO 60.1% 3.4% CH4 00 % of the total; H 32.0 % CH4 2.1 % 44 THE EVOLUTION OF WORLDS The stones are much Hghter than the iron, theirspecific gravities being as 3 to 7 or 8 for the metalhc.The stones,…
Cosmogony
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