T20 



♦ KNO^A^LEDGE ♦ 



[Mabch 1, 1888. 



All tliis is highly interesting play; if now QxR White plays 



'^'^^ 25. KtoQ2 



26. QxR 

 This move is now forced — 



2fi. Q X Q 



27. R X R K to K2 



Thus Black misses a chance by not playing the obvious move of 

 B X r. If, then, 28. R (Ktsq) to KtS, Black plays P to Bl, and there 

 is no danger. Black subsequently missed some further chances of 

 playing for a draw, and the game concluded in the following 

 curious way : — 



"Wbitb. Black. 1 Whitr. Buck. 



23. KttoK2 PtoB4? 41. RtoK4(ch) K to QS 



i9 Kt to B4 ! P to Q4 42. R to Ktsq(ch) K to Q7 



:-.0 Ktxr(c'i) KtoQS 43. R(Q4)toKKt4 r to r..-i 



:!1. Kt X KB? Q to R6 44. Kt to K4 (ch) K to QS 



:i2 P to K5 (ch) K to B3 4.5. R to Q.^q (ch) K to B7 



3:! P to Q5 (ch) K to Kt4 4C. R to Q2 (ch) K to BS 



34 RtoKtsq(ch) K to B5 ? 47. P to KR3 1 Q x P? 



35 R to KtS Q X BP (ch) 4.'*. R to K2 P to Bfi .' 

 ■M. R to Kt2 Q X BP in. R (Kt4) to Kt2! K to Q.S 

 37. RtoKKt4(ch) KtoQR 50. KttoB2(ch)! B x Kt 

 38 RtoQKt3(ch) K to B7 | 51. RxQ P to B7 

 3<). R to B4 (ch) K to QS 52. R x B Resigns 

 40. R to KKt3 K to K7 



THE FACE OF THE SKY FOR MARCH. 



By F.R.A.S. 



'OTS appear at very infrequent interv.ils on the 

 sun's disc, but watch should always be kept for 

 them whenever an opportunity offers. At 4 

 o'clock in the early morning of March 20 the 

 sun is said in the almanacs to " enter Aries." 

 Reference to plate xvi. of " The Seasons Pictured " 

 will show that he is at this instant in the Con- 

 stellation Pisces. Spring begins, and this is the 

 theoretical date of the Equinox, which actually 

 happens in London a day or two sooner. The Zodiacal light is now 

 \isible on every clear evening over that part of the horizon beneath 

 which the sun has set. The night sky is depicted in map iii. of 

 'The Stars in their Seasons." Minima of Algol ("The Stars in 

 their Seasons," map .xii.) occur 1 minute after midnight on the 3rd ; 

 at 8h. 50m. P.M. on the (Ith ; at Ih. 44m. A.M. on the 24th ; at 

 lOh. 33m. P.M. on the 26th ; and .at 7h. 21m. P.M. on the 2!lth ; and 

 at other hours inconvenient to the observer. After the first two or 

 three days Mercury becomes a morning star, but is not in a good 

 posiiion.' He attains his greatest elongation west of the sun 

 (27° 47') at 1 o'clock in the morning of the 3lst, but at this date 

 he rises but a very little before the sun. Venus is a morning star 

 too, and is but poorly placed for observation and wonderiully shorn 

 of her glory. Mars may be seen by midnight in A'irgo ("Tlie Stars 

 in their Seasons," map v.) ; a very moderate telescope will now 

 show detail on his surface. Jupiter will scarcely be fairly visible 

 vintil next month. He is situated about twelve diameters of the 

 tun or moon to the NVV. of Antares ("The Stars in their Seasons," 

 map vii.). Saturn may be seen all night long, and is, as ever, 

 an all repaying object in the telescope. He lies to the west of 

 lhePra::sepe in Cancer (-The Stars in their Seasons," map iii.). 

 Uranus may be very fairly well seen before midnight now, and will 

 be found not far from e Virginis (" The Stars in their Seasons,'' 

 map v.), somewhat to the south and west of that star. With a 

 sufficiently high power his planetary disc at once distinguishes him 

 from the surroundins stars Neptune is rather less than 6° south of 

 the Pleiades ("The Stars in their Seasons," m.api.), but he is getting 

 rapidly into the sun's rays now. The moon enters her last quarter at 

 3h. 2G-lra. A.M. on the 5th, and is new at 4h. 21m. in the afternoon 

 of the 12th. She cntprs her first quarter at 8h. 43-4m. P.M. on the 

 20th, and is full at 10b. 7 4m. on the night of the 27th. Six occul- 

 tations of stirs by the moon will occur at fairly convenient hours 

 during the present month. Before she rises on the 3rd she will 

 have occulted 49 Libnt, a star of the 5 Jih magnitude with her bright 

 limb. Later on it may be seen to reappear at her dark limb half- 

 an-hour after midnight, at an angle of 274° from her vertex. On 

 the 18th B, A. C. 1351 of the 6.UI1 magnitude will disappear at the dark 

 limb at Ch. 42m. P.M. at a vertical angle of 162°: reappearing at the 

 bright limb at 7h. 49m. P.M. at an angle of 287° from the moon's 

 vertex. On the 20th x' Orionis, a (ith magnitude star, will dis- 

 appear at the dark limb at 5h. 11m. P.M. at an angle of 70° from 

 the vertex of the moon. Its reappearance at the bright limb 



happens at 6h. 32m. P.M. at a vertical angle of 297°. On the 20th 

 68 Orionis, a Gtli magnitude star, disappears at the moon's dark 

 limb at lOh. 21m. P.M. at an angle of 136° from her vertex: to 

 reappear at her bright limb at 1 Ih. 25m. P.M. at a vertical angle of 

 302°. On the 22nd B.A.C. 2683, of the 6th magnitude, disappears 

 at the dark limb 23m. after midnight at a vertical angle of 154°. 

 It will reappear at Ih. 13m. the nest morning at the bright limb of 

 the moon at an angle of 264° from her vertex. Lastly, on the 28th, 

 yet another 6th magnitude star, 80 Virginis, will disappear at 

 7h. 49m. P.M. at the moon's bright limb, at an angle from her 

 vertex of 10°. Its reappearance at the dark limb will happen at 8h. 

 43m. P.M. at a vertical angle of 230°. We exclude the occultation of 

 7) Libra^ on the 3lst, as disappearance does not happen until 

 between Ih. and 2h. A.M., which hour extends beyond those within 

 which we limit the prediction of these phenomena in this column. 

 When these notes begin the moon is in Virgo, which constellation she 

 quits for Libra at 9h. 30m. A.M. on the 2nd (" The Seasons Pictured," 

 plate xxxii.). Having traversed Libra, she arrives at !;h. A.M. on the 

 4th at the western edge of the narrow northern spike of Scorpio, across 

 which she has passed by 11 o'clock the same morning and entered 

 Ophiuchus. She remains in Ophiuchus until Ih. 30m. A.M. on the 

 6th. when she enters Sagittarius. Her journey through the last- 

 named constellation finishes at lOh. A.M. on the 8th, when she quits 

 it for Capricornus ('• The Seasons Pictured," plate xxi ), through 

 which she is travelling until lOh. 30ra. a.m. on the 10th. Then .she 

 crosses into Aquarius, her passage over that constellation occupying 

 until noon on the 12th, at which hour she leaves Aquarius for Pisces 

 ("The Seasons Pictured,'' pla'e xxii.). In the course of ber 

 journey through Pisces, she arrives at 9h. a.m. on the 13th on the 

 confines of Cetus, through which she travels until 5h. P.M. on the 

 14th, when she comes out again into Pisces, only, however, to re- 

 enter Cetus at 5h. P.M. on the 15th. When finally she quits Cetus, 

 30m. after noon on the 16th, it is to emerge in Aries ("The Seasons 

 Pictured," plate xxiii.). Just 24 hours later, i.e. at Oh. 30m. P.M. 

 on the 17th, she leaves Aries for Taurus. In the course of her 

 journey through Taurus, she arrives at noon on the 20th on the 

 western edge of the northernmost prolongation of Orion. By 

 midnight she has crossed this and emergeil in Gemini. At 9h. P.M. 

 on the 22nd, she leaves Gemini for Cancer (" The Seasons Pictured," 

 plate xxiv.), as she does Cancer in turn for Leo at 9h. 30m. A.M. 

 on the 24th. Her pa.ssage through Leo finishes at 9h. P.M. on the 

 26th, at which hour she quits it for Virgo ("The Seasons Pictured," 

 plate xxv). She is travelling through Virgo until 7h. P.M. on the 

 29th, when she once more leaves that constellation for Libra (" The 

 Seasons Pictured," plate xxvi.). Journeying over Libra, as at 

 the beginning of the month, she anrives at the northern spike of 

 Scorpio at 9h. 30m. A.M. on the 30th, ber passage through which is 

 complete by 6h 30m. p.m., when she comes out in Ophiuchus. She 

 is still in Ophiuchus at midnight on the 31st. 



Steasge Form of Hydrophobia. — A few weeks ago Frank 

 Tribbey, jun., a married son of Frank Tribbey, sen., proprietor of 

 the Occidental Hotel, New Albany, Ind., was taken with a 

 mysterious malady that battled the skill of the physicians. He had 

 every symptom of hydrophobia, and was so violent that the 

 physicians were compelled to strap him down in bed. The physicians 

 finally pronounced the case spinal meningitis. Tribbey after several 

 days recovered, and was about the street until last evening. During 

 last night he was again seized with a recurrence of the same 

 symptoms. He barked like a dog, and became so violent that his 

 friends were compelled to strap him down. Tribbey is said to be in 

 a critical condition. Eight years ago he was bitten by a dog. It 

 may be that some virus was left in the system from the bite. — 

 Cincinnati Tnguirer. 



Contents of No. 28. 



PAGE 



The Star of Bethlelicm 7:! 



75 

 77 



Shakespeare anil History 

 Arctic Origin <:if Aryan Races 



Material of the Universe vs 



The One-Scale Atlas 80 



Royal Victoria Hall 82 



Notes on Americanisms 82 



Collisions at Sea. By S. A. Andrews ii 

 Darwin's Life and Letters. By 



EdnardClodd 84 



PAQK 



The Origin of Man 87 



Meteoric Cosmogocy 89 



Go?sip. By Richard A. Proctor . . 00 



Reviews 91 



The Face of the Sky for February 



1888. By F.R.A.S 94 



Our Chess Column. By " Me- 



phisto " 94 



Our Whist Column, By "Five of 



Olnbs" 96 



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