November 1, 1892.] 



KNOWLEDGE 



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at 5h. 25m. p.m. ; a transit egress of the first satellite at 

 oh. 40m. P.M., and of its shadow at 6h. 85m. p.m.; an eclipse 

 reappearance of the second satellite at 9h. ■i2m. -ISs. p.m. ; 

 a transit ingress of the third satellite at lOh. 15ra. p.m. 

 On the 24th an eclipse reappearance of the third satellite 

 at oh. 59m. o6s. p.m. On the 25th a transit ingress of the 

 first satellite at lOh. 47m. p.m., and of its shadow at llh. 

 48m. p.m. On the 26th an occultation disappearance of 

 the first satellite at 8h. 4m. p.m., and its reappearance from 

 eclipse at llh. 17m. 6s. p.m. On the 27th a transit ingress 

 of the first satellite at 5h. 14m. p.m., and of its shadow at 

 6h. 17m. P.M. ; a transit egress of the first satellite at 

 7h. 28m. P.M. ; an occultation disappearance of the second 

 satellite at 7h. 47m. p.m. ; a transit egress of the shadow 

 of the first satellite at 8h. 30m. p.m. On the 28th an 

 eclipse reappearance of the first satellite at 5h. 46m. p m. 

 On the 29th a transit ingress of the shadow of the second 

 satellite at 4h. 50m. p.m. ; a transit egress of the satellite 

 itself at 5h. 12m. p.m., and of its shadow at 7h. 19m. p.ji. 

 Satm-n does not rise until 2h. 11m. a.m. on the last day 

 of the month, but it may be mentioned that on the early 

 morning of the 13th he will be little more than the diameter 

 of the Moon south of y Virginis, the star and planet 

 appearing as a wide double star to the naked eye. Uranus 

 is invisible. 



Neptune is admirably placed for observation, rising on 

 the 1st at 5h. 55m. p.m., with a northern declination of 

 20^ 29', and an apparent diameter of 2-7". On the 30th 

 he rises at 3h. 58m. p.m., with a northern declination of 

 20° 22'. During the month he describes a short retrograde 

 path between r and e Tauri, to the E.N. E. of the o\ 

 magnitude star Weisse's Bessel-, iv.h. 650. A majj of the 

 small stars near the path of Neptune from November 1st, 

 1892, to May 1st, 1893, is given in the Enqlish Mechanic 

 for October 28th. 



November is a very favourable month for shooting stars. 

 The most marked displays are the Leonids, on November 

 13th and 14th, the radiant point being in r.a. lOh. Om., 

 northern declination + 23^. The radiant point rises at 

 about lOh. 15m. p.m. The'Andromedes occur on the 27th, 

 the radiant point being in r.a. Ih. 40m., northern 

 declination 43°. 



The Moon is full at 3h. 49m. p.m. on the 4th ; enters 

 her last quarter at lOh. 2m. a.m. on the 11th ; is new at 

 Ih. 19m. P.M. on the 19th ; and enters her first quarter at 

 lOh. 28m. A.M. on the 27th. She is in perigee at 3-9h. 

 P.M. on the 4th (distance from the earth 221,630 miles), 

 and in apogee at 5'lh. a.m. on the 18th (distance from the 

 earth 252,680 miles). The greatest eastern libration 

 takes place at lOh. 7in. p.m. on the 10th, and the greatest 

 western at Ih. 31m. a.m. on the 27th. There will be a 

 total eclipse of the Moon on November 4th, partly visible 

 as a partial eclipse at Greenwich. The first contact with 

 the penumbra is at Ih. ll-6m. p.m. ; with the shadow (at 

 91° from the northernmost point of the Moon's limb j 

 towards the east, direct image) at 2h. 9-2m. p.m. ; 

 beginning of total phase, 3h. 23-Om. p.m. ; middle of the 

 eclipse, 3h. 450m. p.m. ; end of total phase, 4h. 7'Om. p.m. ; 

 last contact with shadow (at 138° from the northernmost 

 point of the .Moon's limb towards the west, direct image), 

 5h. 20-8m. p.m. ; last contact with the penumbra, 6h. 

 18'4m. P.M. The magnitude of the eclipse (Moon's 

 diameter = 1), 1-092. At Greenwich the Moon does not 

 rise till 4h. 21m. p.m., and the Sun sets at 4h. 25m. p.m. 

 This IS rather a remarkable eclipse, as the Moon attains 

 her perigee within ten minutes of her being full and of the 

 middle of the eclipse, and her approach to the earth is 

 exceptionally close, the minimum distance at perigee being, 

 according to Nelson, 221,614 miles, j 



C^C9S (Column. 



By C. D. LooooK, B.A.Oxon. 



All communications for this column should be addressed 

 to the " Chess Editor, Knoideilje Ofice," and posted before 

 the 10th of each month. 



Sdlutinn of October Prohlem (by G. K. Ansell) :— 



1. Q to Q5 ; followed by 2. Q to E8, 2. Q x B, 2. Kt x B, 

 2. P xB, or 2. Q to Qlch, according to Black's play. 



Correct Solutions received from G. S. Cummings, 

 H. S. Brandreth, and F. 0. Lane. 



Ma.e r. Fochhammer. — The published solution of the 

 September problem was quite correct. What is your 

 difficulty •? 



H. S. Hrandretli. — Taking your question as referring to 

 a possible solution tournament, I regret to say that the 

 matter is not yet arranged ; will give details when possible. 



F. 0. Lane. — Your analysis is not quite exhaustive, as 

 you will see above. 



PROBLEM. 



Black. 





White. 



White to play, and mate in three moves. 



[This problem appeared some years ago in a French 

 column, and seems worthy of resurrection. Mr. Steinitz 

 admired it, and copied it in his own magazine. The 

 composer's name has escaped our memory.] 



The following is one of the most notable games played 

 by the winner in the late Dresden tournament : — 



Bishops' G.-vmbit. 



AVhite (Mr. Winawer). 



1. P to K4 

 P to KB4 

 B toB4 

 BxP 



K to Esq 



6. KKt to B3 (rt) 



7. P to KR4 



8. P to Q4 

 Kt to B3 

 K to Ktsq 

 Q to Q3 

 P to H5 ((/I 

 B to Kt3 

 Kt to K2 

 B to Q2 



16. QBxP (e) 



17. KtxP 



18. PxB 



2. 



3. 

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