Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-11-09
THE PUzzLEH,s COLUMN.

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We are happy again. Take your eye and cast il
on the column. this week, and tell us that it wa,
ever richer in mathematical gems, if you dare.
The trouble with our Geurnsey county packas,
is right, and our friends there will have no fur
ther difficulty in getting their papers.
/ lnreRard to the Convention and supper we sup
pose all are sgreed thatsve shall have one. Now, W,
propose that Committee of Arrangements SHOULD
be appointed to consist say of three of the class
Nominations are in order. --.. -.
WASHINGTON. o., Nov. 8. 1867.
Mr.. EDIToR-The great city is in mourning since
Of the contributors to the mathematical column are
I'll pale. especially Guernsey's, and hence we may
draw the conclusion that the column will lose few
of its correspondents, unless some arrangement car
| be made to get the paper. Let none Of those gel
/ in the good work have not seon last weeks pa
per, SO am not able to answer any remarks which
may be in it. will now proceed to give some an
No; 26I-7o So lbs coffee. Method Draw horo-
zoutal line. placing the dividends above and divis
x Of the product for the nun ber Of pounds.
No. ss2-I foot. xsfs inches. -rs4
No oa64--Ninor axis as 17Is feetarea ss5 os54x feet
ecsentricity l. leslx feet rather too hard for
with us-and very precious. .ff 3. X.
a +dr WASHINGTON. O., Nov 5, 1867.
.Qaid agesis! p,sert doctissintl Vos onenes pl,s-
,inaum cupeo satIere! That's about class cal y
dye do. boys 2'-to the GLASS We'll. how do You You
B.. otiase. and ali Again I'm in class sas and in
fine humor. and promise strict diligence study
OCCASION snFsa By those rpt1nd ns and
al women and faced BY such Mathematical giants
Ion don't me- the humber Of fus fat oys
rs can eat will mind that. MA ter. for con
Sh the poy in
wish this humble bow and bold banter 1 sit to re-
cite, and here is what b ave to say: -,5
No: 26l.-I make the answer to be 70 5-6 pounds by
the short and simple rules of arithmetic
No. 26s.IThe lensth of one side Of the nonemde-
No. 2es.--The marsh, measures PIG feet across.
No 64@Ah! 7! sammy. your problems are sener-
ally too intrio.ts for me- bHt think solved this
Minor axis of ellipse 80. feet. r..-.
Area of ellipse 1853. nearly.
of onse and tSe Ee
from the center to the curve. Did not work it out.
Dss;.i Vow Yss sad IS T.ss
"take." whether hot" or mot" 1 am no bard, 90
find it hard to answer this. in your style. Miss.
or other got into bother. and altogether missed
| the measure. and like q goat. wrote:
"As went over the mill-dau ~.
to Be But
it in the 6re and it span into wire, 1as inches. and
oanees Of Silver and i Covered It ' exactly. so
we that every blacksmith ought to study arith-
That last word was little too long for my song ::
but what ! mean is easily seen by all who would
No sss,SSSurely. Delta. you designe thi. as a
s,oamp. 1t is far more dangerous than Otiose's
in days The nss best 1A 10
and last in days. Solved thus: Let eqaal time
% to am
sum of all the terms (5x equal the product of the
third and fourth (xs plus xd). We find equal
minus <. But 49,
-plus---, &c.. equal :, =
eighty-seven sixtieth. Substitute DIS value in 4
in these deoominators clear t1snsPoss 9IadsraMts, s IT.
ME- or naSs the mississippi Or any other tidal
affords more formidable delta than bias Delta
in this wheat field. GUERNSEY.
NAToaKz Guernsey Co.. O.. Nov. 4.
:, Mr.. EDIToR:INot having seen the Column" Of
November ID this communicatipn viii necessarily s
minor axis ist is the roend '' was des
NAL No 265 is che prettiest little problem that has
"a data" hut have no doubt that If 1 understood
the principle it would be perspicua data"
ANSWERS.
Problem No 2sl-My own.
ss4-Minor axis=32 feet. Ares=loO5X square
265-1. .35 ounces.
2s6--No answer received. OTIosE.
p. S.--What HAS become of Smallbones? u.
COLUMBUS. o.. Nov. 4, 1867.
Mr.. EDIToR:-With the permission of the Mas
ter OF Ceremonies" will resume my place in the
class. I am much in favor of Puzzler's Conven-
cember @ next. as the time 1 mention this psrtica-
lar day as coming between the holidays so that the
Conveniently me meet with u.s. as they generally have
vacation al that time. As for the place, will go
in the h
had this matter settled. as to time and place of
pAis e. Of
have pig roasted. some apples and cider. and per-
haps few roasted potatoes. What say you to this
bill Of fare? Oysters don't grow on my farm or
VIVA bavs bsen sratifsd that our column has been
sS 81
wright. Earhart, Billy Root, Robin that squees
Jenny 50 hard. poor grD. Molie Matte. Jenny. and
the rest. send few
No: a4s-ship sailed n. Il deg. Is min E. lati-
tude 81 deg. 06 min. n. G. 5. INNS.
COLUMBUS. ONO, November 4. 1867.
Mr.. EDITOR The "Puzzlers Column" is again
o sss m
think Brother Innis has his potatoes gathered and
In reply to LIMESTONE. viii say that have gath
cred and stored away en- ugh seeds" to last me fol
seeds who wrote wrote for fol: the Pusziers Column. '
Convention" and '.Oysters."' For my part. / would
ws
sey's bat" on. and Delta with his cd ba'. for h'
gave his best one to me. ROBIN.
DEAR PUzzLER:-We have not yet had elimps,
of last Saturdays paper in our town. though il il
| its problems. under the two weeks rule Still
anxious to see what the boys and girls say, AND
whether any of the truants have got in" IL
lived within ten miles OF our late brother u. 5.
I'D call him and try to waken him up to sense O
his duty; not that he needs the Counn but that thu
| The motion for a convention and oyster suppe
having been strongly seconded, put it." Mr.. Mod
orator. and inquire of the class when and where tn
Toe Guernsey boys willing to do tn ,ir level big
Rist if the rest of the puzzers will come and SCI
with the cents and ladies from Franklin Butler &c
| at any reasonable distance from our headquarters
Otose. the simplist solution see is this. to you
Problem No. 26l-l7oo plus X p us p plus l-l2 z
~. 1922 sssx.
i No. 263-2l6 ct.
7 No. 2e4-By trigonometry find the ordinate :
1o.5s also the two parts into which it divides tn
the product of these parts to the square of the
dinate. SO is the square OF the MAJOR ais to tn
square Of the minor. Minor. axis is 30 sIx fee'
Area is 967 90 feet. Eccentrcity is IL 76. l wen
over it but once. and of course mistakes hav
occurred. particularly in the use of the logarithms
Next comes the poetical question by Miss Mary
II No. 265-
While reading this problem attentively over.
The wheels Of my 'masheen' were heard unde
The song il did sing. you will shortly, discover;
For SLOWLY and clearly, it thnsly did say
"A welcome to you Miss Mary,
A hearty welcome to-day!
l. Nav your presence be bright as the fairy,
But much more lasting your stay.
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