METEORIC DUST.
Some time; agq Bacon: Nordenskjold stated Jhas our planet was dusted e^ery year •svith half a .niillion tons of meteo(gic dust 1, , f>\ ore attention is being paid tpijtbjs.fovm of ; planetary accretion than Jpjrmeij'lyi /I'nere can be no doubt it laftj^jeen • overlooked as a geological "agent This dust, is usually composed ,of.j iron, - nickel, , and siliqay jQne scieri'tmc journal goes "so far as J to decjare that tii iid^of-tne iron found m all soils is due to precipitation from ihe intertStelljM.* spaces, the ; particles beings first . eninnglfed ill our 'atmosphere, and th en washed- ddwii: to *he ground by rains. '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 301, 22 November 1883, Page 3
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102METEORIC DUST. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 301, 22 November 1883, Page 3
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