The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-09


Eg- We have received pretty little
piece of poetry from our good friend aud
excellent correspondent. X. r., of Cedar
Rapids. He also sends the following. as
a solution of As problem. given in
our paper of November 25. He says:
:" have seen your paper, and send
solution to the problem, alphabetically.
thus: Let fall perpendicular on the
base this bisects it. Designate either
half by a.; then the whole side will be
"a, and the perpendicular, of course,
will be z (2r)s-ra. the same as RS.
The perpendicular, multiplied by half
the base, gives area !; calling in rods,
and this area will be 100 and by the
conditions we have the easy little equa-
ton ~ 3xr=a, which, reduced, gives
|s-(ssA. Restoring the value Of :.
and doubling the final result, we find for
our answer, carried to one place of dec
imals 2r == 1912.
There is shorter way. by adding the
sides, taking half the sum, &C., &C., ac-
cording to the rule, but thought the
above would be the most comprehensive.
Extract the fourth root above by logar-
ithms, and the problem requires but few
figures"
The propounder of ire above question has
not, up to this time, sem IN the answer. This
should always be sent v q the problem, as we
desire to publish the true answer the second
week after the question is propounded. We
shall reserve all answers to problems, untilthe
second week after their statement, and shall
then give that accompanying the problem with
those sent in by other contributors. L. E. DIS
solutions of I" Cousin AIS" problems will there
fore appear next week. We labor under some
disadvantages in giving the equations, as we
have neither root-marks, superior figures, or the
other necessary mathematical signs We have,
however, sent to the foundry for them, and shall
probably receive them in week or two.
1t has been proposed to us, by several gentle
men, to admit chess problems in this depart
ment. To this we have no objections. The game
is noble one, and is the least likely, of any
that We are aware of, to be abused to the injury
of those engaging in it. Other games become
inspid to the chess player, and therefore, If the
game were more universal, card playing, and
similar games, which SO often lead the young
into habits and places Of vice. would be dis
carded, and the community benefited With
this view, think it right to do all that we can
to make the game of chess popular, and if ad-
hitting problems of the game in our paper will
tend to such result, we are willing to print
An easy way Of stating Them VIII be, 20
place the board SO that the black double corner
will be to the right hand Then letter the
squares from A to H. commencing at the left
hand. Number the squares in the other direc-
ton, from to 8. The location of a piece can.
thus, easily be given. A piece on the left-hand
rocks fourth square would thus be said to be on
Al; on the right-hand rocks second square.
it would he on H2, and so on
A correspondent hands us the following pc
culiar question, which, although not partaking
of the nature of those we invited, We insert
Suppose man were to start from
Independence at IL O'Clock at noon on
Monday, and travel westward at the APP
parent rate Of the sun, regulating his
time by the time of the places which he
passes over, at what point will Monday
cease and Tuesday commence
Independence, Nov. a. G. B. p.