Project Gutenberg 2014-10-19 Public domain in the USA. 229 British Museum (Natural History). Department of Mineralogy British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Mineralogy Fletcher, L. (Lazarus) 1854 1921 Fletcher, Lazarus, Sir 09025957 An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites With a List of the Meteorites Represented in the Collection Produced by Eric Hutton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites" by L. Fletcher is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book serves as a guide for understanding meteorites, discussing their classification, properties, and historical context, specifically concerning the British Museum's collection. The opening of the guide provides an overview of the misconceptions regarding meteorite falls, highlighting historical instances where such events were met with skepticism or attributed to supernatural causes. It outlines the gradual acceptance of meteorites as genuine phenomena, citing ancient records and early scientific investigations. Fletcher details the evolution of the British Museum's meteorite collection, emphasizing key players and significant acquisitions, setting the stage for a deeper exploration into specific meteorites, their composition, and the science behind them in the subsequent sections of the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Meteorites British Museum (Natural History). Department of Mineralogy Meteorites -- Catalogs and collections QE Text Category: History - British Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming 573203 2025-07-19T05:12:26.290516 text/html 565280 2024-10-24T11:41:38 text/html 278985 2025-07-19T05:12:40.927464 application/epub+zip 284260 2025-07-19T05:12:28.950534 application/epub+zip 188827 2025-07-19T05:12:27.496492 application/epub+zip 479502 2025-07-19T05:12:46.614922 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 465736 2025-07-19T05:12:39.593462 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370558 2022-09-21T12:07:48.905301 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 416022 2025-07-19T05:12:23.833554 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 396182 2024-10-24T11:41:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17141 2025-07-19T05:12:46.790895 application/rdf+xml 18053 2025-07-19T05:12:27.703498 image/jpeg 2900 2025-07-19T05:12:27.601502 image/jpeg 267227 2025-07-19T05:12:26.326509 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog