[Ads-l] Antedating of "Meteorite"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Thu Jan 12 20:11:15 UTC 2023


meteorite (OED 1823)

1811 James Sowerby _Exotic Mineralogy_ 135 (Google Books)  Nickel, an ingredient that is common to all the Meteorites.

Fred Shapiro

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