Paper, 'On a supposed aerolite or meteorite found in the trunk of an old willow tree in Battersea Fields [London]' by Roderick Murchison Murchison shares details of the appearance and analysis of a specimen presented to the Museum of Practical Geology on 2 June 1855. Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Subject: Geology / Chemistry Received 21 June 1855. This paper was published in full in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On a supposed aërolite or meteorite found in the trunk of an old willow tree in the Battersea fields'. June 1855