An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites With a List of the Meteorites Represented in the Collection

"An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites" by L. Fletcher is a science guide from the past that explains meteorites. Aimed at helping people understand these space rocks, the book talks about how they are sorted, what they are made of, and how people used to think about them, especially looking at the meteorites the British Museum had at the time. The start of the book talks about how, long ago, people didn't understand meteorites and sometimes thought they were magical or not real. It explains how people slowly started to believe that meteorites came from space, mentioning old stories and early studies. Fletcher also writes about how the British Museum got its meteorite collection, pointing out important people and meteorites that made the collection special, before getting into the details of what meteorites are made of and the science behind them.