

OK, IN 





stouter spot. This. is a frequently 



of il* 



obeerred 



..... ' .:-! - i ' ' . : ; ' I] 

 II.. ifil. Satrllll 



UMorbil oi miouu MI., -.. J .,.-.... 



th ------- |*d SSI* '. IMsXbl In i',.rt>a*d .' :, 



Lick Observatory. la bis investigations be has 



rcular rl.it. a fixed elliptic orbit, and 



t* ,-ll.j-ti, on 

 MI 



used a circular rl.it 

 tblt* ,-ll. 



it very small. 



UM ellipse almost a circle, owing to tne equa- 

 torial protuberance of Jupiter, the major o*i 



a complete revolution in the- astoin^.. 

 short period of five months. 



N Hit., ..r Juplter- 

 Ifceji nfesUHii ht>?i i-.: - . .-!..! I ESJ BJ 

 cromeler measure* by Dr. Itaniard. umng the 

 tt-inoh glass with a power of 1,000. Unless the 

 idle enough to | nmt the em- 

 of this power and give diM 



In 



wale 



employed. The great powrr and the large 



16-inch equatorial render it very suitable 

 for the determinate M ,n ',, 



r instance, the diameters of the larger 



-tr.. always 

 sjsing the full apertu 



SSSSM I m I-01B ' m 



- 11 - *T4" 



- IU.14tfl".. 



- i\-\iao" = 



lu ~ 



I .|,,,,ii,.r. Betw.. 



Tember, 1WM. and March, 18W. as observed at 



M rarvfully examined 



was never easily or dis- 



was noticed in 



being nirm.lv an elliptical .-utlinr. Best views 

 of it weru and after it had 



passed th.- r.-ntrnl in,-n,lian. 



Satin... IHW. during the opposition of 



Saturn. Dr. Barnard made a long series of ob- 

 servation*, extending from February to July. 

 with the M 



,1 iU satellites. 

 m in a remarl 



measures . Mall with the 26-inch 



'laervatory, Washing. 

 1884 to 1887. These harmonuv 

 observations of th. 



BfOOM 



M,h,at.. 



that no change hat occurred in th.- 

 i system since the first srstematio 

 were taken, and negative the asser- 



u, r. 



tion once made by a d 



that th.- rings were appr 

 mid, in a few yearn, coalesce 



and negative 

 Miiin&D . 



tig tho 



Il.-'IH-'t VMWUMMV* . 



nig UM planet and 

 with it. One 



conclusion arrived at wan that, contrary to some 

 former assertion, the center of the planet was in 



ng. 



black and *h.t. poto alleged to hare 

 been seen on th,- planet by ma 



Mcr with the 1. )* > 



iiu-h tolcope, though carefully *ought for. and 

 be to confident th.-y do not exist. The outer 

 edge of th .pe ring apneawsl to unite 



M middk bright nnjj. 

 No spots or markings of any sort were seen on 



to aw n-t4r* T,i* asms, 

 t*rT". SMM - 



imsjsm\ 



or, in simplicity. 6.170 miles shorter in diameter 



from pole to pok than through his equator, while 



'..rUTs |*.lar 011. u but 26J miles shorter 



than its equatorial diameter. 



vania. that by the spectroscope he bad obtained 



rmtvw*^ rwxit ftv* ff fttsmt f njs t*4fflaW A? ^AflllsTTl alt 1 *) JVMsm 



(a fact long sososoted) has aw 



and wides|5eldlnterest in the unique 



this wonderful world. When it becasj 



that its rings were multiple, then arose 



question of what are they const it at ed. and are 



they solid or liquid, or formed of discrete par- 



ticMSk anaiosioos to UM tails of comets or UM 



. ';.:', . ' :.'/-.:. t IJ, 



theory held by many astronomer* was that, if 

 solid, they could not remain intact . m UM great 



.,...-...''.. ' -. 



that they are neither gascioos, liquid, nor solid, 



::. .-;/ :- , - / i'r ' K- r 



*'? 



the line of sight, UM linos will occupy UM same 



ns as those produced IB UM chemist's 



laboratory by raising to iocaadesoesM UM smV 



stSja . M r : . .: . " | "A ' 



' ' 



stSJOSjej i r : . . : 



. it i aimed, sav. at the 



which by his rotation is 

 the lines are moved toward the 



r limb, which is moving 

 the same lines are deflected toward the red 



.if the ring of Saturn be 

 a Htfd, < ,r ,,!p. U,... Urjr.r tUn th. 



r. should move tbi 

 possd ofrnx -', 

 nearer the olaoet will 

 same reason that Mercury's orbital motion is 

 faster than that of Venus, and that of Venus 

 fatter than that of the Earth, etc. This simple 



, v. a : " .' .'. ' I': f E* Wft 



. :. . }, nnai ate sj " 



ring moves faster than to outer. By well-known 



opic processes Prof. KaeJer IMS MOST. 



aaeredge most move at the rate 



of 1*06 miles par second, and iU outer edge 



, . , 



Daring UM same opposition of Saturn in which 

 Prof. Heeler achie 



Unit is the result : 



