Cosmic Debris: Meteorites in History

analysis appeared asteroids astronomers atmosphere atomic became believed Berzelius Biot BMNH Brezina British Museum Buchwald cabinet calculated carbonaceous chondrites chemical composition chemists Chladni chondrules classification comets constituents cosmic craters crystals curator Daubrée decades determine early Earth elements enstatite evidence exchange fell fireballs Fletcher formed fragments Goldschmidt Haidinger heat helium Heuland hypothesis Ibid impact investigation iron meteorites kamacite later lunar Maskelyne mass Merrill metal meteorite collection meteorite falls meteoritic iron meteoritic stones meteors mineralogy Natural History nebula nickel nickel-iron nineteenth century observed occurred Olbers olivine orbit origin of meteorites oxide pallasite parent bodies Partsch percent pieces planet plessite postulated present Prior produced published pyroxene Reichenbach reported schreibersite scientific scientists Shepard shooting stars shower silicate Smith Solar System specimens stony irons sulfide surface taenite tektites temperature terrestrial theory thought thunderstones troilite Tschermak University Urey velocity Vienna Ward Widmanstätten pattern Widmanstätten structure wrote