Brothers: Jan Śniadecki (1756–1830) and Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768–1838) were prominent Polish scientists. They were Wilnius University professors. There were also meteorites in the circle of their interests.
The article summarizes the research on the history of meteoritics in Poland at the beginning of the 19th century. Pointed out the importance of the Vilnius University and working there of researchers and graduate students of the University.
The article presents information about Białystok meteorite (1827). The meteorite consisted of many fragments, but only several became found. Jan Wolski collected information about the phenomenon. Wolski was the teacher of physics at grammar-school in Białystok. The exact investigations of the strewn field were not executed. The Białystok meteorite was forgotten stay on many years.
The article takes about exploration of the Pultusk meteorite in the years 1868–2018. Presented Polish scientists who undertook these issues: Tytus Babczyński, Karol Deike, Jan Samsonowicz and individuals seeking the meteorite. Meteorite exploration in recent years has been discussed.
Workings were introduced in the article J. Pokrzywnicki on the thing of the Polish meteoritics. He planned writing the monograph the title „Kosmolityka” to the consecrated meteoritics. The list of the meteorites which this explorer was interested was also introduced.
The work contains in chosen the discussion of meteoritics subject matter the bookish positions. Books these were written by Polish authors and given Polish in 19th and beginning 20th century. It was showed was on evolution of opinions on subject of meteorites as well as the property of Polish meteoritics.
Zofia H. Gąsiorowska in years 1950–1956 prepared first bibliography of the Polish meteoritics. This work was well-known little. The authoress also left the row of hand-written works relating to the Polish meteoritics.
The article presents the most important facts about Polish meteoritics that took place in the 19th and 20th centuries. The text also presents issues related to the popularization of meteorites and meteoritics.
Jan Sebastian Dembowski promoted the theory of the atmospheric origin of meteorites on the beginning 19th century. He wrote work representing arguments on the thing of this theory in 1826. The article represents the meaning of the work J. S. Dembowski.
In the middle of June 1927 a few inhabitants of the village of Gaj (10 km from Wyszków; central Poland) witnessed a meteorite fall. The solid fell into a swamp, which made searching for it very difficult. Searching work was held in the years 1957-1958, 1981-1982, 1990 and 1996. Present searching, which was started in 2005, still has not led to the meteorite finding.
In 1794, E. Chladni published a book containing a hypothesis about the cosmic origin of meteorites. This is considered the beginning of modern meteoritics. This article presents earlier views and hypotheses about „stones from the sky”.
The article presents the person Ignacy Horodecki, the professor of the mineralogy at The University of Vilnius. Prof. I. Horodecki was interested in meteorites. He studied meteorites Brahin, Zaborzika and Lixna. He led the scientific correspondence on the subject of meteorites with the French scientist Alexander Brongniart. He passed on Polish meteorites to investigations to the superb chemist A. Laugier. Prof. Horodecki introduced meteorites to the didactics.
In the publication of 1856 there was some information about the meteorite found in the vicinity of Lipno near Płock (central Poland). According to the article’s author it fell down about 1818. The publication also contained the meteorite chemistry, which was examined by A. Laugier in Paris. The current place of keeping the meteorite remains unknown. Unexpected epilogue.
The article presents the dr. Bruno Lang scientific activity. Dr. Lang was the chemist, but he led scientific investigations in the field of the meteoritics mainly. Doctor’s dissertation concerned the fragmentation of meteoroids in the earthly atmosphere. The dr. Lang was the author above 60 works and articles relating to meteoritics.
The article presents topics related to meteorites and meteoritics undertaken in the journal „Biblioteka Warszawska” („Warsaw Library”). The monthly „Biblioteka Warszawska” was published in the years 1841–1914 and had a popular science character. Articles in the journal show how knowledge about meteorites changed in the second half of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century.
The theories of the origin of meteorites were introduced in the article present in science in first half 19th century. Present their perceptions in Poland and take down the main works on this subject.
The article presents meteorites as the subject matter of the works of the scientific centre in Vilnius (University of Vilnius). Scientific centre in Vilnius developed in three first decades 19-th century the most quickly and was the important place of the development of the Polish meteoritics. His most important representatives are Stanisław Jundziłł and Ignacy Horodecki.
Ignace Domeyko scientific activity was introduced in the article. Domeyko was the Polish working scientist in Chile. Meteorites were one of the directions of his interests. He published as first information about the well-known meteorite Vaca Muerta.
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