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L'Aigle - Slice
L6
Normandy, France
The final exclamation point to the Old World's scientific acceptance that rocks fell out of the sky did not occur until the French—who were at the vanguard of so many of the sciences in the late 18th and early 19th centuries—signed on. The acceptance of the existence of meteorites by some French scientists did not occur following the Siena event, and was postponed until 1:00pm on April 26, 1803 following the L'Aigle meteorite shower.
It was the comprehensive report of this event submitted by Jean Baptiste Biot to the National Institute of France that provided, in the words of historian John Burke in his tome cosmic bebris, the coup de grace to the last of the skeptics. Following an investigation of the phenomena at L'Aigle, the French Academy of Sciences acknowledged that the face of science had changed; rocks could indeed fall from the heavens. Weighing approximately 1.78 grams and measuring 25.4 x 38.1mm (1 x 1.5 in)
Normandy, France
The final exclamation point to the Old World's scientific acceptance that rocks fell out of the sky did not occur until the French—who were at the vanguard of so many of the sciences in the late 18th and early 19th centuries—signed on. The acceptance of the existence of meteorites by some French scientists did not occur following the Siena event, and was postponed until 1:00pm on April 26, 1803 following the L'Aigle meteorite shower.
It was the comprehensive report of this event submitted by Jean Baptiste Biot to the National Institute of France that provided, in the words of historian John Burke in his tome cosmic bebris, the coup de grace to the last of the skeptics. Following an investigation of the phenomena at L'Aigle, the French Academy of Sciences acknowledged that the face of science had changed; rocks could indeed fall from the heavens. Weighing approximately 1.78 grams and measuring 25.4 x 38.1mm (1 x 1.5 in)