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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.
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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.
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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.
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Henryk Kratter was born in 1799 in Lvov. Probably there he were going to school. Afterwards he studied medicine in Vien. During his studies he interested in meteorites and then prepaered his doctor thesis (Kratter 1825a) and the book (Kratter 1825b) on them. The information source of both works was only literature, because he didn’t examined meteorites by himself. He based on writings by Chladni (Chladni 1794) and (Chladni 1819), Scherer (Scherer 1809) and Schreibers (Schreibers 1820). Such choise of sources warranted high scientific standard of Kratter’s works but they are written in complicated style with very long sentences and many digressions what makes realy laborious reading and understanding them. Kratter announced subject of his next work as iron meteorites, not described in his thesis and book, but he didn’t write anything more about meteorites. After defence of his thesis and graduation Kratter started to work as a doctor, first in Padva and later in Budva and in Kotor in Montenegro nowadays. At the end Kratter moved to Zloczov and he was a provincial physician until his death in 1862. He was a member of Medical Society and Zoological-Botanical Society in Vien. He wrote two books about mineral waters of Szczawnica and treatment with them (Kratter 1842a) and (Kratter 1842b). Kratters name is commemorated by the name – nebra kratteri – of the cockchafer discovered by him in Carpathian Mountains in neighbourhood of Jassy town, now in Romania.
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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.
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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.
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The actual state of the Polish meteoritics history elaboration is presented. All gathered information about the polish meteorite history of sciences, could be imprinted on the memory by form of the data base. It will be also a helpful tool to study history of investigation of meteorites.
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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.
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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.
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The article presents the person Stanisław Jundziłł, the professor of the natural history at The University of Vilnius. Stanisław Jundziłł was interested in meteorites. First in Polish of the catalogue falls of meteorites published in year 1805. He occupied the also important place in the investigations of the meteorite Brahin.
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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.
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Feliks Drzewiński was the professor of mineralogy and physics at Wilno (Vilnius) University. He was the author of the text-book of mineralogy – first in Polish. Meteorites also interested him. Drzewiński was the follower of the theory of the atmospheric origin of meteorites. The natural electricity of atmosphere was had the cause of their rise.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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The article contains the short biography and the description of work the scientific dr Jerzy Pokrzywnicki.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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