Aug. 28, 188J. 



♦ KNOWLEDGE * 



The merits of this saddle are so conspicuous that I 

 !<hould say, while -sve are indebted to Starley for the 

 tricycle, we owe the pci'fect saddle to Lamplngh &. 

 Brown, and I should like to see some testimonial given 

 to them from devotees of the tricycle in acknowledgment 

 of their ingenuity and enterprise ; in which I should be 

 glad to join. 



The comfort and efficiency of a saddle depends to a 

 considerable extent on its being set at exactly the right 

 pitch to suit the riilcr. If it bo too low in front the 

 rider has a constant tendency to slip forward, and if in 

 <-orrecting this the front be raised too high it is not only 

 uncomfortable, but an injurious pressure may be caused 

 1>\- the peak when riding. 



jiT 



Starley'a saddle-tilt, for which Lamplugh & Bro 



are the agents, is : 

 to alter the i I'.- 

 Instead of c 



which enables the rider 



THE FACE or THE SKY. 



Feom August 28 to Skptembek 11. 



By "F.B.A.S." 



THE student will, as usual, watch the Sua on every clear day 

 for spots and facuUx'. The stars vi.sible at night are shown in 

 Map IX. of "The Stars in their Seasons." Minima of Algol will 

 occur on Sept. 7, at Ih. 17m. a.m. ; and on Sept. 9 at lOh. 6m. p.m. 

 Mercury comes into inferior conjuuciion with the Sun at C p.m. 

 on Sept. 2. He will scarcely be i'airly observable until the Becond 

 week in September. He travels throngh Leo during the next 

 fourteen davs. Venus is not a particularly interesting object, with 

 her small gibbous disc. She is in Virgo. She may, possibly, be 

 picked up with the naked eye, 





5aturn 



rs, Juj; 



, Ura 



me are all invisible ; 

 ht hence just before 



1 the 



c.l - 



adjusted by \\ 

 on to the .sin- 

 is attached tn 

 is placed so t 

 clamp is i.lii. 



rises before midnight to-night, and 



11 p.m. He forms a triangle with e and y Geminorum ("The 

 Stars in their Seasons," Map. II.). The Moon entera her last 

 quarter at 5h. 14Sm. in the early morning of Sept. 2, and is new 

 at 8h. 43-2m. p.m. on the 8th. Six occnltations occur, within 

 convenient hours for observation, during the period covered by our 

 notes — four of them on the night of Sept. 1. Imprimis before the 

 Moon rises, 9' Tauri and 0' Tauri, two stars each of the 4J mag- 

 nitude, will have disappeared at the bright limb of the Moon. After 

 she appears above the horizon, 0' Tauri will reappear at her 

 dark limb at lOh. 51m., and 6- Tauri one minute later. The first 

 star will reappear at an angle of 227° from the Moon's vertex, the 

 second one 217° from the same point. Then at llh. Im. B.A C. 

 1391, a 5th magnitude star, will disappear at the M i )n's bright 

 limb at an angle from her vertex of 117°, to rp-.i r^ar at hrr 

 dark limb at llh. 32m. p.m. at a vertical f -i ' i--'i •- '^^ 

 seqnently the 6th magnitude star, 85 'i . r 



at the bright limb at llh. 21m. at a v 

 reappearing Im. after midnight at the dart i 

 28-1° from the vertex of the Mnon. The M mn 

 to Aldebaran at lb. 40m. the next morning n., -..j, , ml;, i 2 

 117 Tauri, a star of the sixth magnirude, ^mU have bPLU occulted 

 below the horizon, but may bo senn to reappcir aft -r the Moon 



Finnlly, on the same night, B.A C. 17is, another Gth magnitude 



'11-, will disappear at the briL'ht Inib of the Moon 13 minutes 



, , r midnight, at an angle of 9' fiom the Moon's vertex, and will 



npoar at her dark limb at 12h 4Sm p m , at a vertical angle of 



iNT 



;ai, In\ 



medal, the li 



obtained by Mr. W. Wu i , i . 



also receives a bronze taril, ; 1. : 1. . , . a 



In the Botanical Gardii! at hi n 



dimensions — species not staled !«. 



in the Journal de la SofiiUd X.di >. I i ' I 



of this tree is 130 ft. Its circunili i . I 

 at IG ft. above the earth 21 ft. h-^ 

 six years ago, before the fall of (in. ■ I i 



1,040 ft. From some historic r.-i. I i-i I 



a comparison with trees of the san: ' ' 



boon pretty well ascertained that (In, |Mi|i:.ir 1-1 m l.n-i ■" " 

 old. Unfortunately, it is now compU-ii-l> liuli..w up lo d.. 

 whence the large branches spring. All "iho dead portions 

 lioen removed, and the interior has been filled in with beton. 



I salient headlands, i a 

 V IV powerful light is i. 

 iilvaiitages." The object. .. 



lighthouse purposes is that, although bcller than . 

 3r misty weather, it is too dazzling in fine weather 



