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Meteoric Stone
Mr. Dinsmore, an intelligent farmer in
Nobleboro, Maine, gives the following account of a meteroric stone, which lately fell in that town:
As he was at work in his field between 4 and 5 o’clock P.M. of the 7th of August, his
attention was arrested by an unusual noise in the sky, directly over his head, like the firing of many guns, in
repeated succession and as loud as the report of a musket at a distance of 20 rods. The noise continued 4 or 5
minutes, the succession of the reports growing more rapid until the whole sounded like the roll of a drum. About
5 minutes after this sound had ceased, he heard something like the noise produced by wind among trees, and looking
up to discover the cause; saw what he thought a cloud in quick motion, and at that instant heard something strike
the ground near him, He proceeded to the spot, and found that a bout 6 rods from where he had been standing a stone
had entered the earth to the depth of 6 inches, when stroking another stone it broke in pieces. He thinks the stone
would have weighed as much as four pounds. The stone is of an ashy grey color, covered with a coat of black resembling
oxyd of Iron. Its granular texture resembles coarse sand stone.
The Republican Compiler
Gettysburg, PA
5 Nov 1823 Page 1
(Contributed by Nancy Piper)
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