Paper, 'On a supposed aerolite or meteorite found in the trunk of an old willow tree in Battersea Fields [London]' by Roderick Murchison
Reference number: AP/37/10
Date: June 1855
Description
Murchison shares details of the appearance and analysis of a specimen presented to the Museum of Practical Geology on 2 June 1855.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Geology / Chemistry
Received 21 June 1855.
This paper was published in full in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On a supposed aërolite or meteorite found in the trunk of an old willow tree in the Battersea fields'.
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- AP/37/10
- Earliest possible date
- June 1855
- Physical description
- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 17 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Roderick Impey Murchison, Paper, 'On a supposed aerolite or meteorite found in the trunk of an old willow tree in Battersea Fields [London]' by Roderick Murchison, June 1855, AP/37/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_37_10/paper-on-a-supposed-aerolite-or-meteorite-found-in-the-trunk-of-an-old-willow-tree-in-battersea-fields-london-by-roderick-murchison, accessed on 11 August 2026
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I. On a supposed aërolite or meteorite found in the trunk of an old willow tree in the Battersea fields External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1856
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0097
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Archived papers: volume 37, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1853-1855
1853-1855 Reference number: AP/37
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