December 2, 1895.] 



KNOWLEDGE. 



287 



4h. 53m. P.M., of the satellite at 5h. 89m. p.m., its eclipse 

 disappearance at llh. 44m. SOa. p.m. On the 24th an 

 oecultation reappearance of the first satellite at 2h. 47m. 

 A.M., a transit ingress of the shadow of the second satellite 

 at Oh. 18m. a.m., an eclipse disappearance of the third 

 satellite at 8h. 20m. 15s. p.m.; a transit ingress of the 

 shadow of the first satellite at 9h. 2m. p.m., of the satellite 

 at Oh. 45m. p.m., a transit egress of its shadow at llh. 22m. 

 P.M. On the 25th a transit egress of the first satellite at 

 Oh. om. A.M., an oecultation reappearance of the third 

 satellite at 2h. 4!)m. a.m., an oecultation reappearance of 

 the first satellite at Oh. 13m. p.m. On the 26th an eclipse 

 disappearance of the second satellite at Ih. 23m. 453. a.m., 

 and its oecultation reappearance at 5h. 42m. a.m.; a transit 

 ingress of the shadow of the fourth satellite at lOh. 4m. 

 P.M. On the 27th a transit egress of the shadow of the 

 fourth satellite at 2h. 88m. a.m., and an ingress of the 

 satellite at 4h. 10m. a.m. ; a transit ingress of the shadow 

 of the second satellite at 7h. 35m. p.m., of the satellite at 

 8h. 54m. P.M., the egress of the shadow at lOh. 29m. p.m., 

 of the satellite at llh. 50m. p.m. On the 20th an eclipse 

 disappearance of the first satellite at 7h. 9m. 52g. a.m. On 

 the 30th a transit ingress of the shadow of the first satellite 

 at 4h. 28m. a.m., of the satellite at 5h. 4m. a.m. ; the 

 egress of the shadow at 6h. 47m. a.m. On the 31st an 

 eclipse disappearance of the first satellite at Ih. 38m. 15s. 

 A.M., its oecultation reappearance at 4h. 31m. a.m., a 

 transit ingress of its shadow at lOh. 56m. p.m., of the 

 satellite at llh. 30m. p.m. 



Neptune is an evening star, and is well situated for 

 observation. He rises on the 1st at 4h. 20m. p.m., with 

 a northern declination of 21° 19', and an apparent 

 diameter of 2-7''. On the 81st he rises at 2h. 15m. p.m., 

 with a northern declination of 2P 15'. On the 16th he is 

 17^' south of 105 Tauri. A map of the stars near his path 

 will be found in the Kncilish Mechanic for August 16th. 



The Moon is full at 6h. 88m. a.m. on the 2nd ; enters 

 her last quarter at 7h. Om. a.m. on the 9th ; is new at 

 6h. 30m. a.m. on the 16th ; enters her first quarter at 

 5h. 21m. A.M. on the 24th ; and is full at 8h. 31m. p.m. on 

 the 81st. She is in perigee at 5h. p.m. on the 9th 

 (distance from the earth 230,130 miles) ; and in apogee 

 at 8h. A.M. on the 23rd (distance from the earth 251,260 

 miles^. 



<!^(60 Column. 



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



Communications for this column should be addressed to 

 C. D. LococK, Burwash, Sussex, and posted on or before 

 the 12th of each month. 



Solutions of Xovember Problems. 



No. 1.— (T. A. Brock.) 



1. — B to Bsq, and mates nest move. 



Correct Solutions received from Crossgar, G. A. F., 

 W. Willby, A. H. Walker, W. 0. Brigstocke, A. Norseman, 

 E. W. Brook and Alpha. 



An unusually large number of incorrect solutions to this 

 problem have been sent in, as will appear below. 



No. 2.— (A. C. Challenger.) 



Key-move. — 1. R x P. 



If 1. . . . K to K8 or Q3, 2. R to R5. 

 1. ... K to B3, 2. R to B7ch. 



1. . . Anything else, 2. R to B5. 

 4)ual after 1. . . . K to K4 by 2. RtoB5ch,or 2. RtoQ7. 



Correct Solutions received from L. Bourne, W. Willby, 

 G. A. F., A. Norseman, E. W. Brook. 



E. J. Wood and W. W. Stricl.lond.~li 1. Q to QBSch, 

 BxK. 



L. Bourne.— li 1. B to Q3, P to B4. 



.V. Wicdhofit.~U 1. BxP, B to Kt6. In No. 2, if 

 Q X Pch, K to B4 (best). 



G. C. Bcazlci/ and J. Lomond. — If 1. Kt x B, Kt moves. 



ir. 0. Brii/stocl.c. — The key-move is correct, but there 

 are other defences to the threat besides R x B and B to 

 Kt6 ; e.i/., 1. . . . P to B3 (which allows the Queen to 

 cover),!. . . . Rx P, 1. . . . Q to B3ch, andl. . . . QtoQS 



(a particularly fine variation). 



A. Xorsi'iiKdi.—Qaite right ; in fact, R4 was a misprint 

 for R5. 



A. (r. Fellows. — Many thanks ; it appears below. Sorry 

 to say we know of no four-move tourneys at present. They 

 are, of course, more common in Germany and Austria than 

 in England. No communication on the other matter 

 referred to has yet reached us. 



Erratum (November number). — Remark on Mr. Blake- 

 more's problem : for " Pawn at QR4," read " Pawn at 

 QR5." 



PROBLEMS. 

 No. 1. 



By A. C. Ch4llengek. 



Black (11). 



White (tl). 



White compels Black to mate in two moves. 



No. 2. 



By A. G. Fellows. 



Black (2). 



i-m, w m i 



m. g^yi i^ 



m i m 



IW 



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I i 



'f§ 



„^mm,^ mMi,^ , i 



White (10). 



White mates in three moves. 



