That they are heavy Bodies. - And
assuming that they are masses
similar to the great Meteors
but much smaller, it is easy |higher their combustion|
|could be [very feeble] | to conceive " that the materials
produced from them, might
|& they perhaps throw off only| be dissipated into minute
|very small portions of matter| fragments; - |_ or even supposing
them to fall in distinct
pieces; , the chance of their
being observed must be
exceedingly small indeed.
- "|_Several Masses of Iron,
have been found in different
parts of our Globe, inbedded
in the Earth, as if they had
fallen from above - . |_And
by Mineralogical & chemical
examination " they have been all
found to agree with the
Iron of the Meteoric stones in
containing Nickel & a similar
earthy cement -:
- The tradition of the Tartars
Cape of Good Hope