MEUNIER, STANISLAS.

Recherches sur la Composition et la Structure des Météorites.

Paris, Victor Masson et Fils, 1869. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, raised bands, gilt spine. Light wear along edges. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique", 4e Series - Tome 17. 522 pp. a. 3 folded engraved plates. (The entire volume offered). Meunier's paper: pp. 5-73.

First printing of Meunier's clasical paper on the chemical composition og meteorites.
In his studies of meteorites, he identified thirty chemical elements that could also be found in Earth-based rocks. Referring to research of Gustav Kirchhoff and Robert Wilhelm Bunsen involving spectral analysis of the Sun, he stated that a unity of chemical composition existed in the solar system. Meunier also performed important geological studies (general and experimental) of the Paris Basin.

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