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An autotype showing a fragment of a meteorite in the ground at Cranbourne [Australia].

Note reads 'from W [William] Spottiswoode'.

Subject: Astronomy / Geology / Mineralogy

A paper relating to this image was published in volume 173 of Philosophical Transactions as 'Report of an examination of the meteorites of Cranbourne, in Australia; of Rowton, in Shropshire; and of Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire'.

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AP/61/8
Earliest possible date
1882
Physical description
Photograph
Page extent
3 pages
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Photograph

Creator name

Walter Flight

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Walter Flight, Unpublished photograph, 'The Cranbourne meteorite' by Walter Flight, 1882, AP/61/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_61_8/unpublished-photograph-the-cranbourne-meteorite-by-walter-flight, accessed on 06 December 2024

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