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On the composition of a stone from the meteoric shower which fell at Dokáchi, Bengal, on October 22, 1903

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

H. E. Clarke  and
H. L. Bowman
H. E. Clarke
Affiliation:
Jesus College, Oxford
H. L. Bowman
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
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On October 22, 1903, a considerable shower of meteoric stones occurred in the neighbourhood of the village of Dokáchi, situated near the mouth of the Ganges, in the Dacca district of Bengal. Seven of these stones, which had been obtained flom natives on the spot by Mr. H. E. Stapleton, M.A, of St. John's College, Oxford, Inspector of Schools in the Dacca district, were recently presented by him to the Oxford Museum.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 16 , Issue 73 , May 1911 , pp. 35 - 46
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1911

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Page 35 note 1 Fermor, L. L., Records Geol. Survey, India, 1907, vol. xxxv, pp. 68–78 Google Scholar.

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Page 38 note 3 H. L. Bowman and H. E. Clarke, loc. cit.

Page 38 note 4 The letters in square brackets refer to the tabular summary on p. 46.

Page 39 note 1 viz. : from the ‘attracted’ portion 1.5004 grams Fe2O3 ; 0.0749 gram (Ni, Co)O. viz. : from the ‘unattraeted’ portion 0.0803 gram Fe2O3 ; 0.0042 gram (Ni, Co)O.

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