The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-10-09

nsrEiPl Tor A. ID 1870. all # wh,eh lhil
sh'id las sTsnghi ona slOns: u.urh Of il
"a e'ud'nR one e lie tslipses. hrfor,
@ilnss.ss Ealh when ] aus aequsia,sd
Ab"ni iwslse q " have slasasly beer
speni by 81 sdall IN enpsirg IN . fsil
hand tie sin.nsi Illegal ting II his ii
ng hngfrs. We Htae Examining lhs pso
lesilaR Fl als cell -. hirh ie h,msal
had made aud snLsequtlil, ralrnl ted
alien be esne ir. l..ld tia f lie b iad
siudtn' a. kens.n & llcge. Wlo ~,
slsdyng he u ilrrftiial aid !. legal I, 4
eulEs. lie sfeatd much n. a.fd, snd
sid he did na' 'h'nk he could hs,s dahe
thai THl."ul sight. | ihfn ak. d hrm al
ATE pr Jeri ga y hah l., b,i.rs -: he ,n,.
msd,-te3y &. iumsEstd ls'l sAplsn.iion,
aud ] i'ls. - L's hate inf.Ri hand Isn o.er
the diagram, ard | ,irnsd 10 / - rlllt-lke
sxpfessi IA, IS u aeIe IN the pIfsenee
Of soIt supFIinI beng. Ia 5 me inslan.
ees ! ruzzled him. bot netsr a,d he ap.
pear ireI'.l: and when | lnld him shy
thing he did nM al'esdy knsw, he slas, ;
repaid 4 NIih smlle.
| asked lin, il iwo equal ei'cles eui
each 9th Z IT, The fxsnI ni l I2 der di.
smeier. what area sou'd be thus eul aua.!
Qa'ekeI ~ could ltmk. he sald =. ,he
I4ilh Psr'." ! then a.ked him. il 3.I2,
or digeis. acre thus eui. aud he Instantly
said Lilo" | asked him LoW lac knew,
and he sa'h " 3-l2=l-i, and ID squsr.
ed is Lie" lie said. at ~ 80 10 = &C..
mlrTele aud must be 80 ia a ri c,r." |
then told him lhe rule Of humoloeous de-,
aud he sm led aud sad he understood IL.
| then asked h'p. il twn legs OF 4 righl on.
gled ria gle were gwen, one l2 aud the
other l6. whsI tie hyrolhenuse OF ID BE-!
aud he Instantly Iei lied, go; would %, IL!
les!' ] then s'r', suppose the lrgs we're
8 and 10, them wha,! In hsli a min.
ute, and VII OuI a pencil, he replied.
" l7.sss5." | Len asked, il lhe legs
we're Z and Is, then Whai! lie was rath.
sr lo' ger IN answering. but took no pen.
Gil, shd replied, - $685." asked him
"hy he carried this las, to three decimsls
when he had csrIied tie other 10 fur /!
lie said the other was easier, aud lrled 10
tell why il was go. a.ked him il he
could carry that TO any further deCimsls
with a pencil! lie said he though, he
cauld, and taking the pencil. in, say
three minutes, returned the following :
"I6 5529iil40." | believe there is an
error 10 about the 9Th decimal, although
neither Of Us went over il again 10 lind It.
lie could have detected il as quick as
thought had he iIied.
Iasked him the productof l-IIN7 G5l!
lie ius autly replied l-l3Os. I asked him
the square root tf 5! lie instantly re-
/ led 2.2360G7, sand he had slot" oil
them in his memory aud dii not have 10
east them.
| gave hin the following question::
The square Of 465! lie said 2I6225"
The cube If PC! lie answered 1876.
| asked him Ir | might ry him on the
fourth pnwe'! lie said es, if would
mol 60 beyond Two figures. asked him
the fourth power Of IS. ii S eye whirI-
ed. and he sPraug like an arrow to the
door, hung by one hand to the door post,
and came, IN say three-l1urlhs OF mn.
ne, and replied, "lhw,y-Une millions six
hundred and forty thousand six bundled
and twenty. Ave, 81 ,Gi0,625.) His IA
Their asked him to verify that with pen
ell! He reIhed, at is just as we'll to
take the cube Of IS from the book end
multiply i, BY rs. and IS is 81 OF 100,
add two riphers, multiply by 3 and d.
vide BY Il" oil Of which was done as
quickly as | have written it. and with the
S 5me result as before. | asked him what
were the fac,ors Of 1910. lie instantly
said 40XI9I. or 20X3S2. or 2X3s20,
or 5Xl52s" asked him The factors vi
The decimals 6.7S5i! lie Immediately said
:" !; is not regular. it will take double
factor III XII X0.6N O7;" Which as |
wrote down | omitted the points before
The 6 and 7. and he instantly took the
pencil and made them himself.
As he bad perfnrmed all these in his
head, | was desIrous VI Knowing what
his process was. therefore gave him a
SUN Of Tour figures 10 be multiplied by
another Of four figures, on the slate. He
ook the first figure md run il through as
we do from right 10 left, aud theO Wrote
he second lIne back again from left 10
light, and so on. He dId not multiply
,ne figure Of the muliphcand By i'sell,
out always Two; e. e. IN the case | gave
nm the muluplicand was 56l2, and the
eft-hand figure Of the mulliplltr was 3.
and, instead Of saying 3 times 2 are 6,
and setting i. under The 2, he said 3 tines
So is l6S. which he wrote in its proper
place, but recorded it 1859. because the
next figure being 4 he knew there mus!
be one to carry; be then said 3 times AZ
IS l26, and the one having already been
recorded, he wrole the 90 at the RICH, Of
he others, thus. 1926. His calculations
entirely outstrlp the cspability Of his PEN
ell to record them.
lried 10 make his parents feel that lie
was treasure lent. The mnther eviden'-
" felt ii so, but The father seemed unwll-
ing 70 yield the fond belief that he nigh.