March 2, 1896.] 



KNOWLEDGE 



71 



6h. 34m. P.M., a transit ingress of the first satellite at 

 8h. 45m. P.M., of its shadow at 9h. 37m. p.m., a transit 

 ingress of the shadow of the fourth satellite at lOh. Im. 

 p.m., a transit egress of the satellite at llh. 5m. p.m., a 

 transit egress of the shadow of the first satellite at llh. 

 57m. P.M. On the 3rd an eclipse reappearance of the first 

 satelhte at l)h. 3m. 17s. p.m. On the 7th a transit ingress 

 of the second satellite at 7h. 38m. p.m., of its shadow at 

 lOh. 32m. P.M., a transit egress of the satellite at lOh. 

 19m. P.M. On the 9th an eclipse reappearance of the 

 second satellite at 7h. 27m. 32s. p.m., a transit ingress of 

 the shadow of the first satellite at lOh. 33m. p.m., and of 

 its shadow at llh. 31m. p.m. On the 10th an occultation 

 disappearance of the fourth satellite at lOh. 16m. p.m., and 

 an eclipse reappearance of the first satellite at lOh. 58m. 

 26s. P.M. On the 11th a transit egress of the first satellite 

 at 7h. 20m. p.m., and of its shadow at 8h. 20m. p.m. On 

 the 12th an eclipse reappearance of the third satelUte at 

 7h. 41m. 57s. p.m. On the 14th a transit ingress of the 

 third satellite at lOh. 2m. p.m. On the 16th an eclipse 

 reappearance of the second satellite at lOh. 2m. 46s. p.m. 

 On the 17th an occultation disappearance of the first 

 satellite at 9h. 31m. p.m. On the 18th a transit ingress of 

 the shadow of the first satellite at 7h. 55m. p.m., a transit 

 egress of the satellite at 9h. 9m. p.m., a transit egress of 

 its shadow at lOh. 15m. p.m. On the 19th an occultation 

 reappearance of the third satellite at 7h. 15m. p.m., an 

 echpse reappearance of the first satellite at7h. 22m. 31s. p.m., 

 an eclipse disappearance of the third sateUite at 8h. 9m. 383. 

 P.M., a transit egress of the shadow of the fourth satellite 

 at 8h. 48m. p.m., an echpse reappearance of the third 

 sateUite at llh. 41m. 42s. p.m. On the 23rd an occultation 

 disappearance of the second satellite at 7h. 28m. p.m. On 

 the 24th an occultation disappearance of the first sateUite 

 at llh. 21m. p.m. On the 25th a transit ingress of the first 

 sateUite at 8h. 40m. p.m., of its shadow at 9h. 50m. p.m., 

 a transit egress of the satelUte at llh. Om. p.m. On the 

 26th an occultation disappearance of the third satellite at 

 7h. 19m. p.m., an eclipse reappearance of the third satellite 

 at 12h. 9m. 8s. p.m. On the 30th an occultation disap- 

 pearance of the second satellite at 9h. 57m. p.m. 



Saturn is an evening star, rising on the 1st at llh. 43m. 

 P.M., with a southern declination of 15^ 10', and an 

 apparent equatorial diameter of 9'1" (the major axis of the 

 ring system being 42-0" in diameter, and the minor 15.}"). 

 On the 10th he rises at llh. 8m. p.m., with a southern 

 declination of 15^ 6', and an apparent equatorial diameter 

 of 9'2' (the major axis of the ring system being 42V' in 

 diameter, and the minor 15|"). On the 20th he rises at 

 lOh. 2Gm. P.M., with a southern declination of 14 59', and 

 an apparent equatorial diameter of 9-4" (the major axis of 

 the system being 43" in diameter, and the minor 10"). On 

 the 31st he rises at 9h. 41m. p.m., with a southern declina- 

 tion of 14^ 50', and an apparent equatorial diameter of 9|" 

 (the major axis of the ring system being 43. y in diameter, 

 and the minor 6|"). Titan is at his greatest eastern 

 elongation at 2h. a.m. on the 16th, and lapetus at superior 

 conjunction at 4h. a.m. on the 7th. Dmiiig March 

 Saturn describes a short retrograde path in Libra, without 

 approaching any naked-eye star. 



Neptune is an evening star, but should be looked for as 

 soon as possible after sunset. He is in quadrature with 

 the Sun on the 5th. On the 1st he rises at lOh. 14m. 

 A.M., with a northern declination of 21° 13', and an apparent 

 diameter of 2-6'. On the 31st he sets at Oh. 25m. a.m., 

 with a northern declination of 21° 17'. During March 

 he describes a very short direct path in Taurus, to the 

 south ol the 4j magnitude star i Tauri. At 7h. p.m. on 

 the 10th he is in conjimction with i Tauri, 13' to the south. 



and about 3h. p.m. on the 31st he is in conjunction with 

 the 6} magnitude star B.A.C. 1555, 8j' to the north. A 

 map of the small stars near his path wiU be found in the 

 English Mechanic for August 16th, 1895. 



There are no very weU marked showers of shooting stars 

 in March. 



The Moon enters her last quarter at llh. 29m. a.m. on 

 the 6th ; is new at lOh. 48m. a.m. on the 14th ; enters her 

 first quarter at llh. 57m. a.m. on the 22nd ; and is fuU at 

 5h. 21m. A.M. on the 29th. She is in apogee at Ih. a.m. 

 on the 15th (distance from the Earth, 252,620 miles), and 

 in perigee at midnight on the 28th (distance from the 

 Earth, a21,670 mUes). 



(Jl'fjcss Column. 



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



Communications for this column should be addressed to 

 C. D. LococK, Bm-wash, Sussex, and posted on or before 

 the 12th of each month. 



PEOBLEMS. 



No. 1. 



By J. T. Blakemore. 



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White (111). 



White mates in three moves. 



No. 2. 

 By C. D. Locock. 



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White mates in two moves. 



A. Firth. — Many thanks for the report. 

 A A'oc.sfmKH.— Thanks for your note and the formula ; 

 we have not found time to examine it jet. 



