[meteorite-list] A curious reference

From: John Gwilliam <jkg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:04:44 2004
Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20020502235248.009a2340_at_mail.theriver.com>

A trip to Google.com turned up the following information.

A "patent bucket" refers to a bucket patented in 1851 by J.W. Smith & Son,
Wartrace, Tennessee. It measures about 9 inches tall and twelve inches
wide with a hand forged iron handle. It held two gallons of liquid.

Here is a picture of a replic.

<http://www.blockaderunner.com/other/hotnew15.html>

I wouldn't want to see the poor SOB that took a direct hit by a meteor the
size of this bucket!

Regards,

John Gwilliam



At 02:31 PM 5/2/02 -0400, 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
> > --
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> > Scotland / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
> > *
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Received on Fri 03 May 2002 02:58:48 AM PDT