The Supposed Fall of an Aërolite in Naples

Abstract

THE late beautiful meteoric display, which was well seen here, has given rise to a somewhat ludicrous incident. The local papers on Sunday evening and Monday contained an account of an aërolite that had fallen in the Strada Fiorentino, one of the principal thoroughfares of the town; that this stone weighed between 6 and 7 kilogrammes, and had nearly struck some people who were passing. This announcement was followed by a description of the stone from the pen of one of the professors in the University, together with an account of meteorites in general.