Chapter V

vaporization, 102, 107, 116, 126, 128, 143, 145, 162, 172, 174
velocity, 107, 108, 109, 171, 179
Venus, 102, 162
Verbeek, R. D. M., 140
Vienna, National History Museum of, 41, 158
volcanic theories, 138, 155, 156, 164

W
Wabar craters, 50, 65, 143, 162
Wasiutynski, J., 63-4, 179
water, meteorites under, 78
waves, air and water, 12, 54-5
weather, effect of meteoritic dust on, 117
weathering of meteorites, 38, 48, 52, 53, 54, 66, 133, 144
weights and weighing of meteorites, 35, 36, 128, 130
White, C. S., 179
Widmanstätten pattern, 120, 121, 122, 158
Whipple, F. L., 177, 179
Willamette iron, 36, 128, 129
Wold Cottage meteorite, 156
Wolf Creek crater, 52, 53, 65, 75, 133

Y
Yale University, 41
young people and meteoritics, 23, 24, 28, 34, 39, 90, 98, 99, 116
_see also_ reports, eyewitness

Z
Zhovtnevy Hutor fall, 82

FOOTNOTES

[1]Also called _aerolites_.

[2]The meteorites from this crater-producing fall have been found in
both Haviland and Brenham Townships, Kiowa County, Kansas. Either of
these names may therefore appear in the literature.

[3]The meteorites from this crater-producing fall have been found in
both Haviland and Brenham Townships, Kiowa County, Kansas. Either of
these names may therefore appear in the literature.

[4]453.59 grams = 1 pound.

[5]A questionnaire for making an adequate report is obtainable by
request from the Institute of Meteoritics, The University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque.

[6]Readers who are advanced enough in astronomy to attempt plotting the
meteor paths can get the proper star-maps and record sheets for this
purpose by joining the American Meteor Society. Members must be at
least 18 years old, but applicants between 14 and 18 can become
probational members. For details write to Dr. C. P. Olivier,
President, American Meteor Society, 521 North Wynnewood Avenue,
Narberth, Pennsylvania.

[7]Quite recently, a fourth division, the _tektites_ (discussed in the
next chapter), has been recognized by some authorities.

[8]Discussed in Chapter 12.

[9]The Acts of the Apostles, 19:35.

[10]Also _baetyl_ and _baetulus_, from the Greek word _baitylos_, a term
used for sacred meteorites and stones.

[11]This metallic mass was the first stony-iron meteorite to be
identified as such. The _pallasites_, which make up an important
subdivision of the stony-iron meteorites, were named in honor of
Pallas.

[12]Very recently, some authorities have concluded that there must have
been not one but several meteorite-planets.

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—In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by
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