Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-11-16

Mr. EDIToR-D,ar Sir: Thinking you woul
not reJecta ne contr' butor send one p:oblem AM
No. 255-252 s2e 249 mi es. --
No. 260-36 square rods. $3.50 e
y NO 263-5 26 feet. 1r r-7 r-fd
No. 263-2l5 9 feet. '-l sa
Noa2ds g, 3. 4. 5. 6 days.
& Ie5s Yo1rs, &c. .,
is.,f ei esiI- PROBLEM NO. 29S.
Find two mbers with these conditions: Thei
difference equals the of their square roots anc
the difference between the square rootof the lessee
number aud the fourth root of the greater numbe
is equal to the difference between the square root
the greater number and the cube root of the lesser
,a5ns WANH1NaroY, o., Nov. IL, 1867.
Tick. tick. tick. vent our telegraph last Fridsy
!. /. responded Columbus. Send us twelve cop
les of DAILY 0Hfo STATESMAN" said ee. 80
we received them. And o, what rush fol
then them diverted our wortAy Postmaster
snap up the papers like hungry bows would warm
we buttered bu kwheatcakesl We were all math
ematically hungry-not having seen the column
for two weeks. How rejoiced to see nnis and Robin
and our mo est unpreteDding brotuer. Simpson
invite all to his house to eat that supper Unani
monsly consented to cept. and nominated Master
and fixed on NsE Years Eve. Dee 81 as the time
and Columbus the place for the meeting. 0-der Of
syercises first night. upper and general chat; next
day ma hsmatical invest cations and exchange Of
views. and lust teao more oysters; next evening
AMI in the mean tlme as kind of recess, visit the
printing; Such are my suggestions. What say yoa
Master g. Innis. Robin and The rest? y = = "
Limestones last pleased me much Delta cannot
expe,t Limestone to Suck until he Bu ms him. But
L; is wrong in supposng no projectile force super
% Of 5 G pss
that plate showed over" to him.
= itelta's leaf is difficult. wish it were achole
sphere. or not sked on the hottom. As it is, must
say aon possu. but guess s-lo (ninet .nths) of
inch to be near the thickness of crust Surely this
Is thick enough, ali conscience.
No. 263-Inscribei cuoe IL plus inches.
No $500 course the square one. by nearly 10
No. 27o -Durum! Durissinaunsl An old brain
Puzzlsr. E. b., as you well know. Kant. can you
No g7l-45 and s7H degs. Qate e,sy and pretty.
No 272-lCould not get up2 It, ~.
t9ds 40 deg 80 min. GA fine. pra,tical profile n,
No. z74 oh, what an intricate beauty, Area OF
crescent 6O7 feet nearly. Proportions formed from
the wonderful and multitudipous relations of the
solve this problem with great elegance Is not the
proportion of homoIosous sides of similar seomet:
T6is with the three angles risng az bsns
to two right angles and the square of the hypute
muse being equal to the sum Of the squsres Of the
other two Sides is about all need in this science
to construct it. Like the strings of VIOLIN tn ~
admit of an indnity of variations. What saw you,
isLn WAsHINGFoN, o, November H.
dear PUzzLER PERI city delighted was 1. that
SATURDAYS mail brought us the last column, also
sN~s " NS'OaS.
ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS.
No. 2ss-1I.54 inches. s-.Ia -.a- -f
No. 269-9 S4 difference. 10
Nos. 27O and 272-Not yet gotten. ~
No. 27l-67 5 and As degrees.
No. 273-She sailed Al degrees. 4s minutes and 80
seconds east of north, into latitude 40 degrees IS
No. 274-Find diameters by Geometry ARCS by Trig-
onemetry then of sectors; take away trisngies
and IS subtract one segment from the other. l get
Bros. E: B. and Otiose do not give correct answers
TO my proben 257. though Otiose's wit.cism on the
Bro. Limestone know that you are vrry hard to
convince. and space in the column is precious.
see that the hall had 'impeIin force go that it
fell lI6 l-l2 feet the first second instead of l6 LIZ
philosophy and see if the method gave is not the
proper one in that case; Then, if the beam de-
balance. my works : Quackenbos, Olmstead and
Jobnson-o1 the subject named and see what min
nies the authors are.
26i was set up-almost all wrong. 17OO X u X q X
LIZA - 7O1s. it shonld be. Don't make that sign
Bro Simpson, if had been with you in peach
time, could have sat down un Ter tree together
YOU that your Prob. No is4 was surely % answered cred
correctly long since. Not ONLY the numbers give
mon But Sammy Ro asfSssy
and s. x agree with me that that is the answer
Now. as we used to say in this column. 'if you
think differently, give your p. oof." Sammy can't
really mean this in courier problems, we have a
right to assume an equal rate of travel. That may
Now for the Hard S elIed Convention. 1 have
an engagement at oar Institute during the week in
How would the ne t week suit Ihe BOYS. Say New
ears eve. for the supper-then have the convention
for business next day. votea laundering aye
big cup for cider, gorge. and nominate q. 5. l.
master puzaler,, and Robin for committee of
s, state? 1t is something Of trip for US. snd we
would like to grasp every puzzling hand in a right
My congratulations to Sammy! that he did not
tangent far among the of 0i Iacssa but what
the centripetal power of the puzzling center made
DELTA"
-CoLLINsvILLE. O.. Nov. 8, 1867.
Mr.. EDIToR:-I am sorry to inform brother Otiose
that can't overcome the impeachment" in e last
condition of 157 had reached that .impediment'
before but there my powder failed. am too thick k
headed to get at it. Here is nv difficulty: If Ha6
S27a6. 12)256a6 repree nj the numbers then the di
ference oetween the least and the 80 256a6
=453 IO3. But from thus equation a6 does not equal
terfect cube. but sccoruing to condition must be
with me all the WHILE 453. 703 seems to be the
difference between two surd numbers and not be-
tween cubes. But will exercise faith in you.
ANSWERS. l-t--. -sl...-
No 2s7-I 81 inch nearly
B No. 26S-Each side is IA 142X inches.
No. 26s-rhs Gh s square are piece has Sax rods most
No. ;7l-rriangle is isosceles. equal angles each
, No 272-- Ot vet. ....t
No. 273-Course 20 deg. and l3 plus mi 4. E. of n
latitude 39deg 32 min, 5 sec. N.
No 24--6l2 square feet
The bovs must excuse me When l am slow, for |
take the weekly paper, and now when the problems
are not answered for two weeks after publication
have at most only one week to write and get my let
ter to you, which gives me about two evenings. /
think tn had better work 257 over again and if
they ,cau't agree better. will send problem or
two this time. - SAMMY.
erass III - - CAMBR1DaE. Nov. Is, 1ss7.
o.. 7 :.
of the class in their place this week. and some
very fine problems, yet could not master all of them
Si so to think to ms
will give solu ion and rule next week. ami SO
some others. l will now give some answers:
ANSWERS. mol.
Problem No. 267--2. .esO2s5 plus inches; I'm not
sure as worked it but once. aud did not look
No. ass--il:547 in.
No. 269-Square; 10 81 rods the most
No. 27l-45 deg. and 81 deg 80 min.
~, - NATcHEz, O., November I2.
Mr.. EDITOR: If | was dis Osed to be CLASSICAL
(quoad Guerusey). 1 don't believe could express
my feelings in pure Latin, after casting my eyes
richer in expression than our own language. Thi
being the case will not attempt it. but leave it all
to Guernsey, and content myself with saying (with
Nearly all of our old friends answered roll call last
week. Was much please j to hear MIR. Inuis respond
"present." Brother contributors. let all deter
mine not to be absent once, unnecessarily. this win
ter. and we will most assuredly make December as
pleasant as May" When
Horrida tempestas coelum contraxit. ct imbres
Nivesque deducent Joven; cum mare, cum siluae.
Threicio Aquilone soDant- a
can be as happy solving or coming some problem
as if The hot rays of Sol parchng the land and
evaporatins the streams.
There seems to be quite contest between some OF
the contributors to gam the posish of poet lsure
alto" Of this column-was much struck with the
beauty and sublimity AS WELL AS THE SIMPLICITY
of several poems that charact ast weeks col
umn never knew before that Guernsey and ID el-
ia were poets. Though ..the young idea" of poetry
has CONNER ced ito sho t" rather in their lives
hope they won't nip it in the bud" but continuc
to cultivate it, and every once in a while let Us
have one of their EFFERvEsCINg EFFUsIONs-in
deed both, ESPECIALLY Guernsey, who evinces great