No. LI.—CHESS CAMEO
By Konrad Bayer
BLACK
WHITE
White to play, and mate in three moves.
COINCIDENCES
Here is a curious rough rule for remembering distances and sizes:—
The diameter of the earth multiplied by 108 gives approximately the sun’s diameter. The diameter of the sun multiplied by 108 gives the mean distance of the earth from the sun. The diameter of the moon multiplied by 108 gives the mean distance of the moon from the earth.