‎"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.‎

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‎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.‎