Perhaps it would tend to the more complete elucidation of the facts stated in the last half dozen pages, if I were to set out in a tabular form all the eclipses of a succession, say of half a Saros or 9 years, and thus exhibit by an appeal to the eye directly the grouping of eclipse seasons the principles of which I have been endeavouring to define and explain in words. Approximate Mid-interval. 1894. March 21. ☾ } March 29. * April 6. ☉ } Sept. 15. ☾ } Sept. 22. ** Sept. 29. ☉ } 1895. March 11. ☾ } March 18. * March 26. ☉ } Aug. 20. ☉ } Sept. 4. ☾ } Sept. 4. ** Sept. 18. ☉ } 1896. Feb. 13. ☉ } Feb. 20. * Feb. 28. ☾ } Aug. 9. ☉ } Aug. 16. ** Aug. 23. ☾ } 1897. Feb. 1. ☉ Feb. 1. * July 29. ☉ July 29. ** 1898. Jan. 7. ☾ } Jan. 14. * Jan. 22. ☉ } July 3. ☾ } July. 10. ** July 18. ☉ } Dec. 13. ☉ } Dec. 27. ☾ } Dec. 27. * 1899. Jan. 11. ☉ } June 8. ☉ } June 15. ** June 23. ☾ } Dec. 2. ☉ } Dec. 9. * Dec. 16. ☾ } 1900. May 28. ☉ } June 5. ** June 13. ☾ } Nov. 22. ☉ Nov. 22. * 1901. May 3. ☾ } May 10. ** May 18. ☉ } Oct. 27. ☾ } Nov. 3. * Nov. 11. ☉ } 1902. April 8. ☉ } April 22. ☾ } April 22. ** May 7. ☉ } Oct. 17. ☾ } Oct. 24. * Oct. 31. ☉ } The Epochs in the last column which are marked with stars (*) or (**) as the case may be, represent corresponding nodes so that from any one single-star date to the next nearest single-star date means an interval of one year less (on an average) the 19⅔ days spoken of on p. 32 (_ante_). A glance at each successive pair of dates will quickly disclose the periodical retrogradation of the eclipse epochs. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 4: These limits are slightly different in the case of eclipses of the Moon. (See p. 190, _post_.)] [Footnote 5: This assumes that 5 of these years are leap years.] [Footnote 6: If there are 5 leap years in the 18, the odd days will be 10; if 4 they will be 11; if only 3 leap years (as from 1797 to 1815 and 1897 to 1915), the odd days to be added will be 12.] [Footnote 7: See p. 28 (_post_) for an explanation of this word.] [Footnote 8: In Mrs. D. P. Todd’s interesting little book, _Total Eclipses of the Sun_ (Boston, U.S., 1894), which will be several times referred to in this work, two maps will be found, which will help to illustrate the successive northerly or southerly progress of a series of Solar eclipses, during centuries.] [Footnote 9: In his and Professor Holden’s _Astronomy for Schools and Colleges_, p. 184.] [Footnote 10: See p. 19 (_ante_).] CHAPTER IV. MISCELLANEOUS THEORETICAL MATTERS CONNECTED WITH ECLIPSES OF THE SUN (CHIEFLY).