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.
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.
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.
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.
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