Miers, John (1789-1879)

A chronological list of the meteoric stones and masses of iron that have at different times fallen from the atmosphere. Author's holograph MS. Arranged in tabular form under 'Places', 'Authority', and 'Observations'. The last leaf contains 'Analyses of some of the meteoric stones by different chemists'. Produced in London.

1816

1 volume 14 ff. atlas folio. 41 × 33 cm. Unbound.

Purchased 1927.

For an account of the author, see the Dictionary of National Biography

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).