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KNOWLEDGE 



[August 1, 1898. 



PKOBLEMS. 



By J. Nield (Crompton). 

 No. 1. 



Black (:;). 



m m m.' 

 . ....... .. 



White (7). 



White mates in two movea. 



White (9). 



White mates in three moves. 



CHESS INTELLIGENCE. 



We much regret to have to announce the death of Mr. 

 James Rayner, the problem editor of the British Chess 

 Marjazinc, and for many years one of the strongest players 

 in the North of England. Mr. Rayner was also certainly 

 one of the finest English problem composers, and his death 

 at the early age of thirty-nine is a great loss to the chess 

 world. He is succeeded in the problem department of the 

 Britisli Chess M(i;iazi7ie by Mr. B. C. Laws, who formerly 

 conducted the problem department of the Chess Manthli/. 



The Vienna international tournament still continues. 

 Messrs. Pillsbury, Tarrasch, Janowski, and Steinitz are 

 leading at present. Of the English representatives, Mr. 

 Burn is doing best. Herr Schwarz retired after playing 

 eight games only, and his score was cancelled. The 

 Congress of the German Chess Association begins at 

 Cologne on July 31st. 



There is little chess of importance in England at this 

 season, but Messrs. Lee and Teichmann are engaged in a 

 short match. 



The amateur tournament of the Southern Counties 

 Chess Union begins at Salisbury on Monday, September 5th, 

 and wUl be continued, if necessary, till September 14th. 

 All entries must reach Mr. C. J. Woodrow, 3, Castle Street, 

 Salisbury, on or before August 31st, and must be accom- 

 panied by entrance fees. Further pariiculars may ba had 



on apphcation to the above address. Messrs. Bird and 

 Blackbume will probably be present during the meeting. 

 Game played in the Vienna tournament : — 

 " Kisseritzky Gambit." 



Greuville A. J. Cole, m.e.i. 



F.G.s. {RlustraUd) 121 



The Petroleum Industry. By 



George T. HoUoway, assoc. 



R.c.s. (lond.), p.i.c. (HIim- 



traUd) 1*24 



Economic Botany. By John R. 



Jackson, A. L. 8., etc 126 



Weather Accounts. By Alex. B. 



McDowall, M.A. {Illustrated)... 128 

 Tlie Prismatic Camera at the Be- 



cent Eclipse. By J. Evershed, 



130 



Occultatioii of 26Arietisobserved 

 Photograph ically. By Edward 

 C. Pickering. (Ulustraftrd) 133 



Notices of Books 13t 



Letters 136 



Science Notes 136 



Africa and its Animals. By B. 

 Lydekker, b.a., f.r.s 137 



The Vinegar Fly and the Vinegar 

 Mite. By C. Ainsworth 

 Mitchell, B.A., F.i.c. {Illus- 

 trated) 139 



A Classic Legacy of Agriculture. 

 By JohnMiUs 1-W 



Notes on Comets and Meteors. 

 By W. F. Denning, f.r.a.s. ... 142 



The Face of the Sky for June. 

 By Herbert Sadler, f.r.a.s. ... l^i 



Chess Column. By C. D. Locock 143 

 Plate,— Eclipse Spectnu 



Crustacea. — IV. By the Bev. 

 Thomas B. B. Stebbing, u.a., 

 F.E.S., F.L.s. {Illustrated) 



A Classic Legacy of Agriculture. 

 —II. By John Mills. {Ulut- 

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"Tlie Mimic Fires of Ocean." 

 By G. Clarke Nuttall, B.sc. ... 



The Petroleiun Industry. — II. 

 By George T. Holloway, assoc. 

 R.C. S . (LOSD. ) , F. I.e. (lUue- 

 trated) 



On the Eclipse Theory of Vari- 

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 E. E. Markwick, f.r.a.s. 

 (lUustrated) 



The Recent Eclipse.— The Lick 

 Photographs of the Corona. 

 By E.Walter Maunder, F.R.A.S. 



Notices of Books 



Obituary 



Letters 



Science Notes {Illustrated) 



Self-Irrigation in Plants. By 

 the Eev. Alex. S. Wilson, jj.a., 

 B.sc. (Ilhistrut^d) 



British Ornithological Notes 



Botanical Studies. — IV. Mnium. 

 By A. Vaughan Jennings, 

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Notes on Comets and Meteors, 

 By W. F. Denning, f.r.a.s.... 



The Face of the Sky for July. 

 By A. Fowler, f.r.a.s 



Chess Column, By CD. Locock 



Plate. — The Lick Photographs 

 the Corona. 



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