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Date: Thu Apr 22 10:04:44 2004
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To: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_earthlink.net>
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This site has a pict of 1851 2 gal patent bucket:
Tin Ware
Best,
Ken

Walter Branch wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> Does anyone know what is "patent bucket" is and how large it is?
>
> Since a retrievable reference is supplied, I will go ahead and add this one
> to my list of meteorites that have hit things. Perhaps someone could do
> further research on this one in the future.
>
> -Walter
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> Walter Branch, Ph.D.
> Branch Meteorites
> 322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B
> Savannah, GA 31405 USA
> www.branchmeteorites.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Pickup" <alan_at_wingar.demon.co.uk>
> To: "Francis Graham" <francisgraham_at_rocketmail.com>
> Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 1:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A curious reference
>
> > Francis Graham <francisgraham_at_rocketmail.com> writes
> > >Now here's a curious reference:
> > >
> > >English Mechanic "Killed by a Meteor" 1880 06 04
> > >
> > >Alas. My library does not have this. I could do an
> > >interlibrary request, but if this has your curiosity
> > >aroused too, and your library has back issues of the
> > >"English Mechanic", it will save time if you share a
> > >synopsis.
> >
> > Francis (& list),
> >
> > I have unearthed the copy of the "English Mechanic and World of Science"
> > No 793 for June 4, 1880, in the library of the Royal Observatory,
> > Edinburgh. There is a one paragraph note (p316 of the volume) that
> > reads:
> > _______________________________________________________________________
> > Killed by a Meteor -- The "South Australian register" for April 3 quotes
> > the "Littleton Times" as stating that as David Meisenthaler, a
> > well-known stockman of Whitestone township, was driving his cows to the
> > barn about daylight a short time ago, he was struck by an aerolite and
> > instantly killed. It appears as if the meteor had come from a direction
> > a little west of south, and fell from an angle of about 60 degrees, for
> > it first passed through a tall maple, cutting the limbs as clean as if
> > it had been a cannon-ball, and then struck him apparently on or under
> > the shoulder, passing clean through him obliquely from below the right
> > shoulder to above the left hip, and buried itself about two feet in the
> > soft black ground. The poor man's head and legs were injured, but the
> > greater part of his body seems to have been crushed into the earth
> > beneath the terrific aerolite, which was about the size of a common
> > patent bucket, and apparently of a rough, round shape. It appeared to be
> > formed of what is called iron pyrites.
> > _______________________________________________________________________
> >
> >
> > Alan
> > --
> > Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707: 55.8968N 3.1989W +208m (WGS84 datum)
> > Edinburgh / SatEvo & elsets: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/
> > Scotland / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
> > *
> >
> >
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>
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This site has a pict of 1851 2 gal patent bucket:
  <a href="http://www.blockaderunner.com/Catalog/catpg26.htm">Tin
Ware</a>
 Best,
 Ken
Walter Branch wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hello Everyone,
Does anyone know what is "patent bucket" is and how large it is?
Since a retrievable reference is supplied, I will go ahead and add this
one
 to my list of meteorites that have hit things.  Perhaps someone
could do
 further research on this one in the future.
-Walter
-----------------------------------------------
 Walter Branch, Ph.D.
 Branch Meteorites
 322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B
 Savannah, GA  31405 USA
 www.branchmeteorites.com
 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "Alan Pickup" <alan_at_wingar.demon.co.uk>
 To: "Francis Graham" <francisgraham_at_rocketmail.com>
 Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
 Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 1:20 PM
 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A curious reference
> Francis Graham <francisgraham_at_rocketmail.com> writes
 > >Now here's a curious reference:
 > >
 > >English Mechanic "Killed by a Meteor" 1880 06 04
 > >
 > >Alas. My library does not have this. I could do an
 > >interlibrary request, but if this has your curiosity
 > >aroused too, and your library has back issues of the
 > >"English Mechanic", it will save time if you share a
 > >synopsis.
 >
 > Francis (& list),
 >
 > I have unearthed the copy of the "English Mechanic and World of Science"
 > No 793 for June 4, 1880, in the library of the Royal Observatory,
 > Edinburgh. There is a one paragraph note (p316 of the volume) that
 > reads:
 > _______________________________________________________________________
 > Killed by a Meteor -- The "South Australian register" for April 3
quotes
 > the "Littleton Times" as stating that as David Meisenthaler, a
 > well-known stockman of Whitestone township, was driving his cows
to the
 > barn about daylight a short time ago, he was struck by an aerolite
and
 > instantly killed. It appears as if the meteor had come from a direction
 > a little west of south, and fell from an angle of about 60 degrees,
for
 > it first passed through a tall maple, cutting the limbs as clean
as if
 > it had been a cannon-ball, and then struck him apparently on or under
 > the shoulder, passing clean through him obliquely from below the
right
 > shoulder to above the left hip, and buried itself about two feet
in the
 > soft black ground. The poor man's head and legs were injured, but
the
 > greater part of his body seems to have been crushed into the earth
 > beneath the terrific aerolite, which was about the size of a common
 > patent bucket, and apparently of a rough, round shape. It appeared
to be
 > formed of what is called iron pyrites.
 > _______________________________________________________________________
 >
 >
 > Alan
 > --
 > Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707:  55.8968N   3.1989W  
+208m   (WGS84 datum)
 > Edinburgh  / SatEvo & elsets:    <a href="http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/">http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/</a>
 > Scotland  / Decay Watch: <a href="http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/">http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/</a>
 >           *
 >
 >
 > ______________________________________________
 > Meteorite-list mailing list
 > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
 > <a href="http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list">http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</a>
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