III.—A Chapter in the History of Meteorites

• Published in: Geological Magazine
• Main Author: Flight, Walter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1875
• Subjects: Geology; Greenland; Nordenskjöld; Fortuna; Fortuna Bay; Godhavn; greenlander*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800157772; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756800157772

The interesting story of the discovery of these enormous masses by Prof. Nordenskjöld is already known to the readers of this Magazine through a translation of his original memoir. While exploring in Danish Greenland in 1870, his attention was directed to the possibility that meteorites might be met...