ATMOSPHERE OF SATURN. 



The planet Saturn has been found to be invested with an atmosphere similar 

 to that of Jupiter, and attended in all respects with the same phenomena. The 

 belts are effects of the same kind, and produced by the same causes, and all 

 that we have said regarding the atmospheric currents, clouds, and other me- 

 teorological phenomena, in JUPITER, will be equally applicable in SATURN. 



RINGS OF SATURN. 



At a very early epoch in the history of the telescope, the application of thai 

 instrument to the examination of SATURN led to the supposition that the planet 5 

 was not globular, but oval. Further observation created the impression that 

 ears or handles were attached to each side of the disk. But as the means 

 oi observation were farther improved, the astonishing discovery was made that 

 Saturn is surrounded by a stupendous ring of solid matter lying in the plane of 

 his equator, the inner edge being at a distance from his surface of about twenty 



