Excerpt from Handbook and Catalogue of the Meteorite Collection, Vol. 1 The care with which meteorites are treasured and the value they have assumed in the hands of collectors renders it desirable that as full information as possible Should be available regarding the whereabouts of each specimen. To furnish this information in re gard to the collection of meteorites of the Field Columbian Museum has been the principal object in issuing this publication. It is also hoped, however, that a more thorough study of the col lection will be facilitated by the Catalogue and that that portion of the work called the Handbook, when used in connection with the specimens, Will enable any one not previously acquainted with the subject to gain some knowledge of the principal characters of meteorites. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.