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Meteorites:

Darwin, G. H. . ON THE MECHANICAL CONDITIONS OF A SWARM OF METEORITES, AND ON THEORIES OF COSMOGONY
London 1890. Removed from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 180. 4to., pp. 1-69., later wraps. Small library stamp. VG. (a24070)
$45.00 Merrill, George P. . SECOND REPORT ON RESEARCHES ON THE CHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION OF METEORITES
Washington 1919. Fourth Memoir from the Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences Volume XIV. Lg.4to., 15pp., plates, wraps. Unopened. VG. (a27063)
$75.00 McCrosky, R.E. and Z. Ceplecha . PHOTOGRAPHIC NETWORKS FOR FIREBALLS
Cambridge 1968. Smithsonian Astrophysical Obervatory Special Report 288. 4to., 18 leaves (rectos only), one illustration, stapled wraps. VG. (a27068)
$85.00 Lorentz, H. A. . DE L'INFLUENCE DU MOUVEMENT DE LA TERRE SUR LES PHENOMENES LUMINEUX
Harlem 1886 Les Heritiers Loosjes. In a single issue of Archies Neerlandaises Tome XXI. 2md Livraison. Lorentz's famous article on the optics of moving bodies and stationary ether. In French. Octavo, pp.203-276, original printed wraps. Issue has one other article in it by J. Bosscha, Sur La Meteorite de Karan-Modjo, ou Megetan, at pp.177-200 with 3 plates of mounted phototypes. Uncut. VG, beginning to split along spine (without loss). (a57114)
$1650.00 Oversby, Virginia M. . THE ISTOPIC COMPOSITION OF LEAD IN IRON METEORITES
1970. Reprinted from Geochimica et Cosmochemica. Sm.4to., p65-75, illustrations, wraps with new paper spine. VG. (a60712)
$30.00 Jarosewich, Eugene et al . THE ALLENDE METEORITE REFERENCE SAMPLE
Washington 1987 Smithsonian. 4to. 49pp., original decorated wraps. A few Depository Library stamps. Near Fine. (a75734)
$50.00 Marvin, Ursula B. and Glenn Macpherson (editors) . FIELD AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS OF METEORITES FROM VICTORIA LAND AND THE THIEL MOUNTAINS REGION, ANTARCTICA 1982-1983 AND 1983 -1984
Washington 1989 Smithsonian. 4to. 146pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Light non-circulating library marks. Near Fine. (a75738)
$29.00 Clarke, Roy S. and Joseph Goldstein (editors) . SCHREIBERSITE GROWTH AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE METALLOGRAPHY OF COARSE-STRUCTURED IRON METEORITES
Washington 1978 Smithsonian. 4to., 80pp., illustrations, original wraps. Light non-circulating library marks. Near Fine. (a75741)
$29.00 Marvin, Ursula B. and Glenn Macpherson (editors) . FIELD AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS OF METEORITES FROM VICTORIA LAND AND THE THIEL MOUNTAINS REGION, ANTARCTICA 1985- 1987
Washington 1992 Smithsonian. 4to., 116pp., photo illustrations, original decorated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks. Near Fine. (a75762)
$24.00 Clarke, Roy S. Jr. . THE PORT ORFORD, OREGON, METEORITE MYSTERY
1993 Smithsonian. 4to., 43pp., original decorated wraps. Light Depository Library marks. Near Fine. (a75763)
$45.00 Peary, Robert E. . NORTHWARD OVER THE GREAT ICE A NARRATIVE OF LIFE AND WORK ALONG THE SHORES AND UPON THE INTERIOR ICE-CAP OF NORTHERN GREENLAND IN THE YEARS 1886-1897 WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE LITTLE TRIBE OF SMITH SOUND ESKIMOS, THE MOST NORTHERLY HUMAN BEINGS IN THE WORLD, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY AND BRINGING HOME OF THE SAVIKSUE, OR GREAT CAPE-YORK METEORITES VOLUME II
NY 1898 1st Stokes. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 625pp.,large foldout map, diagrams, illustrations, blue cloth with grey lettering and trim. Number at heel of spine-no other markings. Library spine number, title page cellophane-taped in. Good, new endpapers. Volume 2 only. (a79181)
$29.00