* Astronomy

Title: THE FLORENCE METEORITE OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS
Authors: John T. Lonsdale.

The meteorite fell on the night of January 21, 1922 on the farm of T. H. Lindsey, five miles northeast of Florence, Wiiliamson County, Texas. The stone subsequently came into the possession of Dr. F. W. Simonds of the University of Texas to whom the writer is indebted for details concerning the history of the fall and for the opportunity of studying the specimen. Through the kindly offices of Dr. G. P. Merrill of the U. S. National Museum the stone was cut, sectioned, and analysed. One half of the meteorite and a cast are deposited in the U. S. National Museum while the other half and a second cast remain in the collections of the University of Texas.

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